Richardson v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
279 F.3d 1 · 2002
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 22 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Tamko Roofing Products, Inc. v. Ideal Roofing Co. (2002), G ex rel. SSGT RG v. Fort Bragg Dependent Schools (2003)
22 federal appellate · 22 district · 1 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 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 · Farrar v. Hobby · Buckhannon Board and Care Home Incs v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources · Maher v. Gagne · United States v. Zannino
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We confine our review to whether the district court has made a mistake of law or incorrectly weighed (or failed to weigh) a factor in its decision.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reviewing court customarily defers to the trial judge, whose intimate knowledge of the nuances of the underlying case uniquely positions him to construct a condign award.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a plaintiff need not prevail on every claim and obtain all relief sought to qualify as a prevailing party”
2 later decisions 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.