Card v. Dempsey’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
1 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 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000A · 42 U.S.C. § 2996 (Legal Services Corporation Act) · 7 U.S.C. § 2011 (Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987)
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation
Most-quoted passages
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“Because the basic rationale underlying the `private attorney general' theory which we here adopt seeks to encourage the presentation of meritorious constitutional claims affecting large numbers of people, and because in many cases the only attorneys equipped to present such claims are those in funded `public interest' law firms, a denial of the benefits of the rule to such attorneys would be essentially inconsistent with the rule itself. (See generally Comment, Awards of Attorney's Fees to Legal Aid Offices, [1973] 87 Harv.L.Rev. 411.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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