Prochaska v. Marcoux’s Empirical Analysis
632 F.2d 848 · 1980
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 31 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Western United Realty, Inc. v. Isaacs (1984), Anderson, Inc. v. Town of Erie (1985)
31 federal appellate · 31 district · 5 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
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Mendenhall · Delaware v. Prouse · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To take the further step of assessing attorney’s fees against plaintiffs simply because they do not finally prevail would substantially add to the risks inhering in most litigation and would undercut the efforts of Congress to promote the vigorous enforcement of the provisions of Title VII. Hence, a plaintiff should not be assessed his opponent’s attorney’s fees unless a court finds that his claim was frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless, or that the plaintiff continued to litigate after it clearly became so.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cannot rest on mere allegations ... but must, by affirmative response in affidavits or otherwise, set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.”
2 later decisions 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.