Morrow v. Finch’s Empirical Analysis
642 F.2d 823 · 1981
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2106
Relies on Morrow v. Dillard · Gates v. Collier · Brown v. Culpepper · Morrow v. Crisler · Rainey v. Jackson State College
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although plaintiffs’ counsel are regular employees of an organization which conducts civil rights litigation, their ability to recover this statutory fee award is wholly contingent upon prevailing. Harkless v. Sweeny Independent School District, 608 F.2d 594, 596-97 (5th Cir. 1979).”
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.