Brewster v. Dukakis’s Empirical Analysis
3 F.3d 488 · 1993
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 34 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Gay Officers Action League v. Puerto Rico (2001), McMillan v. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1998)
20 federal appellate · 34 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 28 U.S.C. § 46 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air · Blanchard v. Bergeron · Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools Independent School District No 89 Oklahoma County Oklahoma v. L Dowell
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Core work includes legal research, writing of legal documents, court appearances, negotiations with opposing counsel, monitoring and implementation of court orders. Non-core work consists of less demanding tasks, including letter writing and telephone conversations.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a general rule, a fee-awarding court that makes a substantial reduction in either documented time or authenticated rates should offer reasonably explicit findings, for the court, in such circumstances, 'has a burden to spell out the whys and wherefores.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen . . . an injunction entered pursuant to a consent decree has ongoing effects, the issuing court retains authority to enforce it.”
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.