Wolf v. Frank’s Empirical Analysis
555 F.2d 1213 · 1977
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently December 2009 · most notably Copeland v. Marshall (1979), National Association of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense Green (1982)
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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
Relies on Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Procunier v. Martinez · In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Franz J. Baddock, Trustee, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. Bert K. Robinson v. American Benefit Life Insurance Company · Butz v. Carter · Fairley v. Patterson
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Obviously, the more stubborn the opposition the more time would be required”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“of the case, (11) the nature and length of the professional relationship with the client, and (12) awards in similar cases. The district court actually first computed a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“counsel did succeed in accomplishing a substantial recovery for their clients money which might well have been totally lost but for their efforts.”
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.