Coalition for Basic Human Needs v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on any significant issue in the litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing suit”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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