Healey v. Leavitt’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate ·

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

1. “[L]awyers practicing administrative law typically develop expertise in a particular regulated industry, but this expertise comes from experience, not from specialized training. If expertise acquired through practice justified higher reimbursement rates, then all lawyers practicing administrative law in technical fields would be entitled to fee enhancements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 294 F. Supp. 3d 123 - Caplash v. Nielsen

2. “The [Supreme] Court identified 'an identifiable practice specialty such as patent law, [and] knowledge of foreign law or language' as examples of the 'distinctive knowledge' that would justify an enhanced award under the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 294 F. Supp. 3d 123 - Caplash v. Nielsen

3. “[A] case requires 'specialized expertise' within the meaning of the EAJA only when it requires some knowledge or skill that cannot be obtained by a competent practicing attorney through routine research or legal experience.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 294 F. Supp. 3d 123 - Caplash v. Nielsen