Ewing v. Rodgers’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Heflin v. United States · Harris v. Nelson · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act. 6 36 (3) The Position of the United States Was Not Substantially Justified 37 The Equal Access to Justice Act directs payment of fees to the prevailing party”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lee v. Johnson“unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lee v. Johnson
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.