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← 433 F. Supp. 1115 - Schmidt v. Schubert

433 F. Supp. 1115 - Schmidt v. Schubert’s Empirical Analysis

1977

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
January 1984
most recently cited

2 district · 2 state decisions

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 Monroe v. Pape · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · Hairston v. R & R Apartments

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

  1. “In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title IX of Public Law 92-318, or in any civil action or proceeding, by or on behalf of the United States of America, to enforce, or charging a violation of, a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 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.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““ * * * Thus, the magnitude and complexity of the case, along with the quality of services of counsel, the time and labor spent in connection with the case, and the beneficial result achieved as a result of counsel’s representation are all factors to be considered by this Court in deciding the plaintiffs’ motion. [Citation omitted.]””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.