Sutton v. Bernard’s Empirical Analysis
504 F.3d 688 · 2007
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei · Continental Illinois Securities Litigation: Steinlauf v. Continental Illinois Corporation Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Eiger · Skelton v. General Motors Corp. · Florin v. Nationsbank of Georgia, N.A.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“do their best to award counsel the market price for legal services, in light of the risk of nonpayment and the normal rate of compensation in the market at the time.”
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.