Miller v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 5 U.S.C. § 504 (Equal Access to Justice Act)
Relies on 531 F. Supp. 1149 - Berman v. Schweiker · Broz v. Schweiker · Ocasio v. Schweiker · Benson v. Schweiker · Whitehead v. Richardson
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“incurred by that party in any civil action ... brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of that action, unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States”
1 later decision 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.