RTR Technologies, Inc. v. Helming’s Empirical Analysis
707 F.3d 84 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 17 district ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · United States v. Kubrick · State v. Simpson
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Soc'y, 421 U.S. 240, 247 (1975), federal courts have the power to award such fees when a party has”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]istrict courts are well-advised to use their inherent power cautiously and to grant attorneys' fees sparingly under that power.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the prevailing litigant is ordinarily not entitled to collect a reasonable attorneys' fee from the loser,”
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.