Balridge - Demel v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2071 (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments) · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 38 U.S.C. § 7263 · 38 U.S.C. § 7264
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean · Copeland v. Marshall · Scarborough v. Principi
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“judgments about whether work is duplicative 'must be made in light of the needs of the litigation as presented to the attorneys at the time the hours of service were performed' and not in terms of an inquisition into exactly which hours were necessary for the precise result later obtained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“itemized statement ... [with] the actual time expended and the rate at which fees and other expenses were computed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Applicants are not permitted to bill for and collect fees for clerical work and the work of general support staff.”
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.