Moore v. District of Columbia’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · Smith v. Robinson · Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. the nature of the claim; 2. whether the plaintiff has prevailed on the merits; 3. how many hours were spent on the claim and how this time was spent; 4. the billing rate for this time; 5. the total amount claimed;”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“civil action,” effective four years after enactment. Id. at 31370. The conference committee deleted the clause. H.R.Conf.Rep. No. 687, 99th Cong., 2d Sess. 7, reprinted in 1986 U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1807, 1809. 6 .Defendant also asserts that Crest Street disapproved of dicta in Gaslight upon which Congress relied in drafting the Act’s fee provision. Even if true, ”[n]othing in [Crest Street ] does— or for that matter, could — change Congress’s clear intention”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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