Riddell v. National Democratic Party’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.2d 539 · 1980
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Donnell v. United States (1982), Martin v. Heckler (1985)
42 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 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 Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Hutto v. Finney · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Morrow v. Dillard
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even though the plaintiffs received the benefits desired from their litigation, their efforts did not contribute to achieving those results.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“State Officials cannot show special circumstances sufficient to prevent an award of fees merely because the officials enforced [a] statute in good faith compliance with their official duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Espino v. Besteiro“as that term is defined by 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (b) and 42 U.S.C. § 1988 . [2] Although § 1988 entrusts the award of attorney's fees to the discretion of the trial court, a”
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.