Pickett v. Milam’s Empirical Analysis
579 F.2d 1118 · 1978
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently September 2003 · most notably Familias Unidas v. Briscoe (1980), Williams v. Alioto (1980)
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Hutto v. Finney · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, Inc. v. Citizens for Community Action · Finney v. Hutto
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A. The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 48 We base our holding that the award was authorized on the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 26 Pub.L. 94-559, § 2, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2641, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1988. That Act provides in relevant part: 'In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, . . . the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We agree with the district court's finding that There is no indication that the appellees acted in bad faith. Thus, no award of attorney fees against the appellees in their individual capacities is justified. See Hutto v. Finney, supra, 437 U.S. 678 , 98 S.Ct. 2565 at 2579, 57 L.Ed.2d 522. However, the specter of personal liability was removed by the Supreme Court's recent opinion in Hutto v. Finney, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McNamara v. Moody“The purpose of section 1988 is to encourage enforcement of the Civil Rights Acts by compensating those persons who bring meritorious actions.”
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.