Softsolutions, Inc. v. Brigham Young University

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the market-rate approach because it would award the salaried attorney's employer a windfall profit; holding that cost-plus rate which included calculation of overhead expenses was the more reasonable measure of attorney fees for in-house counsel
• “[W]e are persuaded by the ample authority from other jurisdictions that a successful litigant who is not primarily engaged in providing legal services may recover attorney fees when represented by salaried in-house counsel.”
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Cited by

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

• ClearOne Communications, Inc. v. Biamp Systems
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-08-08· cited 131×
• AMX Enterprises, L.L.P. v. Master Realty Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-09· cited 110×
• R.T. Nielson Co. v. Cook
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-01-25· cited 91×
• USA Power, LLC v. PacifiCorp
  Utah Supreme Court· 2016-05-16· cited 83×
• State of Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-12-29· cited 71×
• Glenn v. Reese
  Utah Supreme Court· 2009-12-11· cited 49×
• Salt Lake County v. Butler, Crockett & Walsh Development Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2013-01-31· cited 41×
• Duke v. Graham
  Utah Supreme Court· 2007-03-30· cited 37×
• Brigham Young University v. Tremco Consultants, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2005-03-29· cited 35×
• Balkind v. Telluride Mountain Title Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-07-06· cited 30×
• Dillon v. Southern Management Corp. Retirement Trust
  Utah Supreme Court· 2014-05-13· cited 29×
• Warner v. DMG Color, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2000-12-29· cited 25×
• Burdick v. Horner Townsend & Kent, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-01-23· cited 24×
• Redd v. Hill
  Utah Supreme Court· 2013-06-18· cited 22×
• McCoy v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Utah
  Utah Supreme Court· 2001-03-30· cited 15×
• Friends of Columbia Gorge v. Energy Fac. Siting Coun.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2020-12-10· cited 13×
• Kealamakia, Inc. v. Kealamakia
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2009-06-04· cited 12×
• Andreason v. Felsted
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2006-05-11· cited 11×
• Thompson v. Corry
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-11-15· cited 10×
• Grewal v. Junction Market Fairview
  Utah Supreme Court· 2024-07-11· cited 8×

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-22· cited 4,743×
• Trope v. Katz
  California Supreme Court· 1995-10-02· cited 378×
• Valcarce v. Fitzgerald
  Utah Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 234×
• Burger King Corp. v. Mason
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-08-01· cited 208×
• Dixie State Bank v. Bracken
  Utah Supreme Court· 1988-10-25· cited 174×
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Central of Georgia Railway Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-07-22· cited 159×
• Ppg Industries, Inc. v. Celanese Polymer Specialties Co., Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1988-03-03· cited 110×
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company v. Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
  Third Circuit· 1960-08-30· cited 89×
• Joseph Falcone v. Internal Revenue Service
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-08-08· cited 69×
• Buzas Baseball, Inc. v. Salt Lake Trappers, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-10-04· cited 55×
• Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Cartage Company and Central Transport, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-01-22· cited 53×
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Nixon
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-10-20· cited 50×
• Lacer v. Navajo County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-07-17· cited 49×
• Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Coastal Refining & Marketing, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1988-06-16· cited 49×
• Dale Electronics, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1979-12-18· cited 42×
• Clifton L. Goodrich v. Department of the Navy
  Federal Circuit· 1984-05-09· cited 34×
• Milgard Tempering, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Selas Corporation of America, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-05-24· cited 30×
• Provo City Corp. v. Nielson Scott Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1979-11-08· cited 26×
• Ted R. Brown & Associates, Inc. v. Carnes Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1988-04-11· cited 20×