Adams v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.2d 168 · 1975
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently January 2007 · most notably Whitford v. Boglino (1995), Illinois v. Sangamo Construction Co. (1981)
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1821 · 28 U.S.C. § 1920 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · Hall v. Cole · United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. · Soriano v. United States
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the prevailing party can recover only the statutory amounts prescribed in Sec. 1821 and not additional expert witness fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he standards of bad faith are necessarily stringent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a judgment for costs, as enumerated in section 1920 of this title But not including the fees and expenses of attorneys may be awarded to the prevailing party in any civil action Brought by or against The United States or any agency or official of the United States acting in his official capacity, in any court having jurisdiction of such action.”
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.