McQuiston v. Marsh’s Empirical Analysis
707 F.2d 1082 · 1983
Citation profile
77 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably Melkonyan v. Sullivan (1991), Oregon Environmental Council v. Kunzman (1987)
77 federal appellate · 6 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Griffin v. Breckenridge · Hall v. Cole · F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co. · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Medlin v. Mann
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'final judgment' should be defined by its common usage in contexts such as 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291, Fed.R.App.P. 4(a), and Fed.R.Civ.P. 54.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall, within thirty days of final judgment in the action, submit to the court an application....”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Prevailing party” as used in the EAJA is to be interpreted consistently with the law that has been developed defining that term.... A party who prevails on an important matter in the course of litigation, even though not ultimately prevailing on all issues, may be eligible to recover fees.... The party need not obtain formal relief, but must establish a “clear, causal relationship between the ligitation brought and the practical outcome realized.” [American Constitutional Party v. Munro, 650 F.2d 184, 188 (9th Cir.1981)] (emphasis in original).... At a minimum, the lawsuit must have been a catalyst that prompted the opposing party to take action....”
4 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.