Sassower v. Field’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3613 (§ 813 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · State v. Simpson · Tull v. United States · Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Sassowers pursued this litigation as if it was a holy war and not a court proceeding, managing these proceedings in a fashion that vexatiously, wantonly and for oppressive reasons increased the legal fees enormously.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sassower v. Field“attempted to communicate directly with the defendants rather than through counsel in order to force through their settlement demands.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sassower v. Field“not believe that she is financially able to respond in the payment of attorneys' fees and sanctions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sassower v. Field
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.