Hoffert v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming a district court’s decision to cap a minor’s contingent fee contract
• lower court appointed guardian ad litem two months after suit was filed
• “That no party questioned the propriety of the ... contingent fee and that the injured plaintiffs guardian ad litem acquiesced in its reasonableness did not shield the fee from the Court’s scrutiny as a part of the overall settlement which the court had before it.”

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Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Klickitat County, State of Washington, and James Starr
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-28· cited 549×
• In re Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation
  N.D. Georgia· 1993-03-22· cited 127×
• T.W. And M.W., Minors, by Their Next Friend, Scott Enk v. Thomas Brophy
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-09-11· cited 110×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1985-06-18· cited 98×
• Mario Naranjo v. Bobby Thompson
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-11-13· cited 90×
• Venegas v. Skaggs
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-01-31· cited 71×
• Cooper v. Singer
  Tenth Circuit· 1983-10-24· cited 67×
• In Re Enron Corp. Securities
  S.D. Texas· 2008-09-08· cited 66×
• Shaw v. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2000-01-28· cited 61×
• Von Bulow by Auersperg v. Von Bulow
  S.D. New York· 1986-07-01· cited 60×
• Camden I Condominium Ass'n v. Dunkle
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-11-04· cited 57×
• Camden I Condominium Association, Inc. v. John B. Dunkle
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-11-04· cited 54×
• Mashburn v. National Healthcare, Inc.
  M.D. Alabama· 1988-04-08· cited 52×
• Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,798 in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor v. Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, P.A.
  First Circuit· 1985-12-19· cited 50×
• Eagan Ex Rel. Keith v. Jackson
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-06-13· cited 40×
• In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1985-05-28· cited 36×
• In Re Combustion, Inc.
  W.D. Louisiana· 1997-06-04· cited 31×
• Mirella Adelman, on Behalf of Her Son, Daniel Lindsey Adelman v. David H. Graves
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-12-03· cited 30×
• Richard D. Jackson Gloria J. Jackson v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-08-02· cited 27×
• Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center, Inc. v. Melton
  First Circuit· 1982-09-22· cited 27×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-09· cited 667×
• Dionisio v. Dacanay and Reynaldo C. Dacanay, by His Father and Next Friend v. Saturnina Mendoza, Victor P. Mendoza, and Doe Insurance Co. No. 1
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-04-26· cited 290×
• Tennessee Publishing Co. v. American National Bank
  Supreme Court· 1936-11-09· cited 116×
• Dunn v. H. K. Porter Co., Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1979-06-29· cited 92×
• Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-20· cited 84×
• Raleigh H. Allen, III v. United States of America, James A. Carini v. United States of America
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-09-19· cited 52×
• Croce v. Bromley Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-14· cited 51×
• M. S. v. Wermers
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-06-29· cited 47×
• Zaro v. Strauss
  Fifth Circuit· 1948-04-16· cited 22×
• Brown v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-06-04· cited 16×
• Horacek v. Exon
  D. Nebraska· 1973-03-22· cited 9×

Other cases named Hoffert v. General Motors Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hoffert v. General Motors Corp
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-13