Edwin Maldonado v. Feather O. Houstoun’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions

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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the community for similar services by lawyers of reasonably comparable skill, experience, and reputation.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clemens v. N.Y. Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. · Young v. Smith

2. “The fee schedule established by [CLS] has been approvingly cited by the Third Circuit as being well developed and has been found by [the Eastern District of Pennsylvania] to be a fair reflection of the prevailing market rates in Philadelphia.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States ex rel. Palmer v. C&D Techs., Inc. · Rayna P. v. Campus Cmty. Sch.

3. “In calculating the hours reasonably expended, a court should 'review the time charged, decide whether the hours set out were reasonably expended for each of the particular purposes described and then exclude those that are”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clemens v. N.Y. Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. · Bernie Clemens v. New York Central Mutual Fire I