Fowler v. Schwarzwalder’s Empirical Analysis
498 F.2d 143 · 1974
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank · Parham v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absent compelling circumstances, a plaintiff who acts as a 'private attorney general' in seeking to vindicate Congressional policy of the highest priority and advance the public interest should not be forced to bear the costs of litigation. Indeed, few aggrieved parties would have the financial resources to pay such fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kuehl v. Sellner
How this case has been treated — in progress
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