Disabled in Action Mac v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore Disabled in Action Mac’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.2d 881 · 1982
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Smyth ex rel. Smyth v. Rivero (2002), Garrity v. Sununu (1984)
17 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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 Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. v. City of Chicago · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison · Barber v. Kimbrell'S, Inc. · Smith v. University of North Carolina
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n item of a fee claim may not be refused in its entirety on the grounds that it is excessive. Rather the court should withhold fees in respect of such an item only to the extent of the excess, while granting a fee to the extent the item reflects time and effort reasonably expended by counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under the law of this circuit, a party may be entitled to fees even though he was not solely or primarily responsible for the favorable disposition of a legal controversy. ... Fees may be awarded even where a party’s efforts have merely “served to a limited extent to expedite the planning and achievement gained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n any action or proceeding to enforce or charge a violation of a provision of this subchapter, the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party ... a reasonable attorney's fee....”
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.