541 F. Supp. 2d 310 - Boehner v. McDermott’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
8 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 28 U.S.C. § 1961
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Farrar v. Hobby · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · Bartnicki v. Vopper · Boufford v. Moore
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts, therefore, 'have an obligation to scrutinize the hours spent preparing the fee petitions to insure that the total is reasonable and that it does not represent a windfall for the attorneys.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[h]ours reasonably devoted to a request for fees are compensable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“However, 'fees on fees' must be reasonable, and not excessive.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.