Durett v. Cohen’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 794A · 29 U.S.C. § 795 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Maher v. Gagne · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Ohio State Board of Education v. Reed
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the high degree of uncertainty of payment and the complexity of the legal claims involved, and considering the fact that plaintiff's counsel will receive compensation for only one quarter of their time spent on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Durett v. Cohen“obtained essentially all of the relief he sought, i.e., public funding for his continued placement at Pleasant Manor,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Durett v. Cohen
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.