Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
1,373 federal appellate · 399 district · 411 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,760 later decisions (107 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Hensley v. Eckerhart (1983), Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society (1975)
1,373 federal appellate · 399 district · 411 state decisions — followed in 41 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedAnne P. Newman, Sharon W. Neal and John Mungin v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation and L. Maurice Bessinger (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000A (Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Katzenbach v. McClung · Anne P. Newman, Sharon W. Neal and John Mungin v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation and L. Maurice Bessinger · 256 F. Supp. 941 - Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America
Cited together with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Hall v. Cole · Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools
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 3,760 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“should ordinarily recover an attorney's fee unless special circumstances would render such an award unjust.”
204 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs.”
64 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.”
17 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.