United States v. Walton’s Empirical Analysis
693 F.2d 925 · 1982
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably United States v. Morales (1990), Shearin v. United States (1993)
38 federal appellate · 3 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 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Webster v. Fall · Liotta v. National Forge Co. · Manhart v. City of Los Angeles · 13 Fair empl.prac.cas. 845, 13 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,328 Tejpal S. Sethy v. Alameda Co. Water District, (Three Cases). Tejpal S. Sethy v. Alameda Co. Water District, (Two Cases)
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fix the compensation and reimbursement to be paid.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(2) Maximum amounts. — For representation of a defendant before the United States magistrate or the district court, or both, the compensation to be paid to an attorney or to a bar association or legal aid agency or community defender organization shall not exceed $1,000 for each attorney in a case in which one or more felonies are charged, and $400 for each attorney in a case in which only misdemeanors are charged. For representation of a defendant in an appellate court, the compensation to be paid to an attorney or to a bar association or legal aid agency or community defender organization shall not exceed $1,000 for each attorney in each court. For representation in connection with a post-trial motion made after the entry of judgment or in a probation revocation proceeding or for representation provided under subsection (g) the compensation shall not exceed $250 for each attorney in each proceeding in each court. (3) Waiving maximum amounts. — Payment in excess of any maximum amount provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection may be made for extended or complex representation whenever the court in which the representation was rendered, or the United States magistrate if the representation was furnished exclusively before him, certifies that the amount of the excess payment is necessary to provide fair compensation and the payment is approved by the chief judge of the circuit.”
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.