Hyatt v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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

1. ““ ‘[F]ees and other expenses’ includes the reasonable expenses of expert witnesses, the reasonable cost of any study, analysis, engineering report, test, or project which is found by the agency to be necessary for the preparation of the party’s case, and reasonable attorney or agent fees (The amount of fees awarded under this section shall be based upon prevailing market rates for the kind and quality of the services furnished, except that (i) no expert witness shall be compensated at a rate in excess of the highest rate of compensation for expert witnesses paid by the agency involved, and (ii) attorney or agent fees shall not be awarded in excess of $125 per hour unless the agency determines by regulation that an increase in the cost of living or a special factor, such as the limited availability of qualified attorneys or agents for the proceedings involved, justifies a higher fee.)” § 504(b)(1)(A). 3”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff · Healey v. Leavitt

2. “[W]e are persuaded that combining expertise in these two practice specialties — class action litigation and social security disability law — does not then become an expertise beyond that which can be acquired by the diligent study of these not uncommon areas of American law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Truckers United for Safety v. Mead · Healey v. Leavitt

3. “Although fees for paralegal time may be recoverable under the EAJA, such fees are only recoverable to the extent they reflect tasks traditionally performed by an attorney and for which the attorney would customarily charge the client.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richlin Security Service v. Secretary of Homeland Security [Supplemental] · Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff