Rodriguez v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 1231 · 1977
Citation profile
111 federal appellate · 35 district · 28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 310 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably Hensley v. Eckerhart (1983), Copeland v. Marshall (1979)
111 federal appellate · 35 district · 28 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Gideon v. Wainwright · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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 310 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The award of fees to legal aid offices and other groups furnishing pro bono publico representation promotes the enforcement of the underlying statutes as much as an award to privately retained counsel. Legal service organizations often must ration their limited financial and manpower resources. Allowing them to recover fees enhances their capabilities to assist in the enforcement of congressionally favored individual rights, [citations omitted]. Moreover, assessing fees against defendants in all circumstances may deter wrongdoing in the first place.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a general matter, awards of attorneys' fees where otherwise authorized are not obviated by the fact that individual plaintiffs are not obligated to compensate their counsel. The presence of an attorney-client relationship suffices to entitle prevailing litigants to receive fee awards.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The court in such action [commenced pursuant to section 206 of the FLSA] shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant, and costs of the action.” (Emphasis added.)”
5 later decisions 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.