McKenzie v. Kennickell’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2414 · 31 U.S.C. § 1304 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Library of Congress v. Shaw · Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
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.
“the specific provision governing fees awards in Title VII cases, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e-5(k), must prevail over the provisions in 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2414 governing payment of judgments generally.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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