New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 56 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 531 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Reed v. Aw Lawrence & Co Inc (1996), Saulpaugh v. Monroe Community Hospital (1993)
7 federal appellate · 56 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 26 U.S.C. § 1371
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Maher v. Gagne · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board
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 531 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[specify], for each attorney, the date, the hours expended, and the nature of the work done,”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[A] trail judge may decline to compensate hours spent by collaborating lawyers or may limit the hours allowed for specific tasks, but for the most part such decisions are best made by the district court on the basis of its own assessment of what is appropriate for the scope and complexity of the particular litigation.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... In similar cases with voluminous fee applications, courts have recognized that it is unrealistic to expect a trial judge to evaluate and rule on every entry in an application, [citations omitted]. These courts have endorsed percentage cuts as a practical means of trimming fat from a fee petition.”
9 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.