Finney v. Hutto’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 740 · 1977
Citation profile
76 federal appellate · 12 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2006 · most notably Hutto v. Finney (1979), Barber v. Kimbrell'S, Inc. (1978)
76 federal appellate · 12 district · 6 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The petitioners’ court appointed counsel are awarded $2,500 for their services on this appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“During House consideration of the measure, Representative Drinan stated: I should also add that, as the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Anderson) observed during consideration of the resolution on S. 2278, this bill would apply to cases pending, on the date of enactment. It is the settled rule that a change in statutory law is to be applied to cases in litigation. In Bradley versus Richmond School Board, the Supreme Court expressly applied that longstanding rule to an attorney fee provision, including the award of fees for services rendered prior to the effective date of the statute. 112 Cong.Rec. 12,160 (daily ed. Oct. 1, 1976) (remarks of Representative Drinan). Bradley v. Richmond School Board, 416 U.S. 696 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 , 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974) involved the issue whether § 718 of the Education Amendments of 1972, which granted authority to federal courts to award a reasonable attorneys’ fee in school desegregation cases, applied to a case where the propriety of the fee award was pending resolution on appeal when the statute became law. The Supreme Court held that it did. Id. at 710-24 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 . Thus Representative Drinan’s reference to the Bradley case is strong evidence that Congress intended this statute to apply to fee awards pending resolution on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the record fully supports the finding of the district court that the conduct of the state officials justified the award under the bad faith exception enumerated in Alyeska [ Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society , 421 U.S. 240 , 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hutto v. Finney
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.