Lefemine v. Wideman’s Empirical Analysis
568 U.S. 1 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Farrar v. Hobby · Rhodes v. Stewart · Lefemine v. Wideman · 732 F. Supp. 2d 614 - Lefemine v. Davis
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff 'prevails' when actual relief on the merits of his claim materially alters the legal relationship between the parties by modifying the defendant's behavior in a way that directly benefits the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“repeatedly held that an injunction or declaratory judgment, like a damages award, will usually satisfy that test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“should ordinarily recover an attorney's fee unless special circumstances would render such an award unjust.”
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.