Computer Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Qantel Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently November 2010
2 federal appellate · 5 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1961
Relies on Linthicum v. Archambault · Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp. · Gutor International AG v. Raymond Packer Co., Inc. · Acme Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. v. Airadyne Co. · 529 F. Supp. 1382 - C. R. Bard, Inc. v. Medical Electronics Corp.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he judge ... should consider the nature of the case and the issues presented, the time and labor required, the amount of damages involved, the result obtained, the experience, reputation and ability of the attorney, the usual price charged for similar services by other attorneys in the same area, and the amount of awards in similar cases. Linthicum v. Archambault, 379 Mass. 381, 388-89 (1979); Homsi v. C.H. Babb Co., 10 Mass.App.Ct. 474, 481-82 (1980); George C. Pickering, Inc. v. Blue Hill Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 1984 Mass. App. Div. 145, 155 (1984).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Co., 376 Mass. 621, 629, 382 N.E.2d 1065, 1071 (1978). The amount is”
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.