Cartwright v. Stamper’s Empirical Analysis
7 F.3d 106 · 1993
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Morales v. City of San Rafael (1996), Coutin v. Young & Rubicam Puerto Rico, Inc. (1997)
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 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 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Farrar v. Hobby · Ustrak v. Fairman · Estate of Borst v. O'Brien
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to determine whether a plaintiff’s victory in obtaining nominal damages is de minimis, we look at the difference between the judgment recovered and the recovery sought, the significance of the legal issue on which the plaintiff prevailed and, finally, the public purpose served by the litigation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Justice O’Connor suggested that there are three factors courts should consider when determining whether a victory is de minim-is or otherwise strictly technical: first, the difference between the judgment recovered and the recovery sought; second, the significance of the legal issue on which the plaintiff prevailed; and third, the public purpose served by the litigation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“recovers only nominal damages because of his failure to prove an essential element of his claim for monetary relief, the only reasonable fee is usually no fee at all.”
2 later decisions 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.