Corder v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
25 F.3d 833 · 1994
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably Morales v. City of San Rafael (1996), Franceschi v. Schwartz (1995)
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1961 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Farrar v. Hobby · City of Riverside v. Rivera · Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If plaintiffs prevail on either or both issues on remand, then further fees would be proper to compensate for the fees incurred during both the previous appeal and subsequent remand. In addition, fees which have been incurred during this appeal will also be proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Corder v. Gates“[i]n any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of section[ ] ... 1983 ... the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party ... a reasonable attorney's fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Any elements of legal analysis which figure in the district court's decision are, however, subject to de novo review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Armstrong v. Davis
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.