Sanchez v. Schwartz’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.2d 503 · 1982
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Florida v. Royer · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Federal Election Commission v. Machinists Non-Partisan Political League · Harrington v. DeVito
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the attorney’s fees statute] apparently had three main aims — opening the courts to civil rights plaintiffs, penalizing obstructive litigation by civil rights defendants, and generally deterring civil rights violations — and the “bright prospects” standard at best serves only the first.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“make sufficient factual findings to enable the appellate court to track his decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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