United States v. Knott’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 33 U.S.C. § 1319
Relies on Chapman v. United States · United States v. Gilbert · United States of America v. James Truesdale Ronald Hamilton · 34 F. Supp. 2d 346 - United States v. Holland · 23 F. Supp. 2d 1283 - United States v. Gardner
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a court may award reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, in addition to [costs], to the prevailing party in any civil action brought by or against the United States . . . . The United States shall be liable for such fees and expenses to the same extent that any other party would be liable under the common law or under the terms of any statute which specifically provides for such an award.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a court shall award [fees and expenses] to a prevailing party . . . unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in bad faith or without any foundation or basis for belief that it might prevail”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.