Fitzpatrick v. Internal Revenue Service’s Empirical Analysis
665 F.2d 327 · 1982
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2017 · most notably Doe v. Chao Secretary of Labor (2004), Norman v. Housing Authority of Montgomery (1988)
46 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. United States · Northcross v. Board of Education · In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Franz J. Baddock, Trustee, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. Bert K. Robinson v. American Benefit Life Insurance Company
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.
“(1) Whenever any agency____ (d) fails to comply with any other provision of this section, or any rule promulgated thereunder, in such a way as to have an adverse effect on an individual, the individual may bring a civil action against the agency, and the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction in the matters under the provisions of this subsection..... (4) In any suit brought under the provisions of subsection (g)(1)(C) or (D) of this section in which the Court determines that the agency acted in a manner which was intentional or willful, the United States [shall] be liable to the individual in an amount equal to the sum of— (A) actual damages sustained by the individual as a result of the refusal or failure, but in no case shall a person entitled to recovery receive less than the sum of $1,000; and (B) the costs of action together with reasonable attorney fees as determined by the Court. (Emphasis added).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“avoid a situation in which persons suffering injury had no provable damages and hence no incentive to sue”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the court must “ascertain the nature and extent of services supplied by the attorney.” * * * If the court finds the number of hours excessive, it should identify the hours disallowed and explain why it is disallowing them. If the parties dispute the facts, an eviden-tiary hearing must be held. Second, the 'court must determine the value of the services rendered according to the customary charges in the area and the quality of the work produced. Special experience or expertise, or the lack of it, will be reflected in the hourly rate allowed. When the court has finished these two steps and arrived at a nominal fee, it should then consider the [other] factors appropriate to the particular case and briefly articulate how each of these factors affect the final compensation.”
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.