Prewitt v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Bagley v. IBP, Inc. · Kay v. Ehrler · Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc. · Myers v. United States
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.
“only those defendants represented by counsel may recover attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Elwood
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.