Burchett v. Bower’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
October 1985
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hutto v. Finney · Gagne v. Maher · Prandini v. National Tea Co. · Daily v. Zurcher · Souza v. Southworth
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, ... 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.” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision 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.