Rutherford v. Pitchess’s Empirical Analysis
713 F.2d 1416 · 1983
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently March 2009 · most notably Chalmers v. City of Los Angeles (1986), Oregon Environmental Council v. Kunzman (1987)
32 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne · Kerr v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California · Ed. Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., a Corporation, Richard A. Perkins, Counsel for Ed Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., a Corporation, H. O'Neil Shanks, and Norman Stevans, Richard A. Perkins, Counsel For
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“some sort of clear, causal relationship between the litigation brought and the practical outcome realized.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tokuhama v. City & County of Honolulu · Selwyn A. Robinson, Trustee Under the Will of Alymer F. Robinson Eleanor Robinson, Trustee Under the Will of Aylmer F. Robinson Bruce R. Robinson, Trustee Under the Will of Aylmer F. Robinson Russell S. Robinson Helen M. Robinson, Individually and as of the Estate of Lester B. Robinson Ruth R. Le Fiell Marion R. Keat Jean R. Weir Keith P. Y v. George R. Ariyoshi, Governor Ronald Y. Amemiya, Attorney General Andrew S.O. Lee William Y. Thompson Stanley W. Hong Larry E. Mehau Manuel Moniz, Jr. Moses W. Kealoha Takeo Yamamoto, Chairman and Members, Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii, as Succeeded by John D. Waihee, Governor, State of Hawaii, Warren Price, Iii, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, William W. Paty, John Y. Arisumi, Herbert Y. Arata, J. Douglas Ing, Moses W. Kealoha and Leonard H. Zalopany, Chairman and Members, Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii v. McBryde Sugar Company, Ltd., Olokele Sugar Company, Ltd. Ida Albarado Helen B. Chu Henry J. Chu Chee Kung Fui Society Lapaz Francisco Marcelino Francisco Albert K. Kaailau Linda P. Kaiakapu Ann N. Kali Harriet U. Kano Junichi Kano Kiyoshi Kimata Arnold W.F. Leong Katherine A. Leong Lo Sun D. Leong Tai Hung Leong Hanayo T. Naumu Wallace A. Naumu Hideo Nonaka Hiromi Nonaka Iwao Nonaka Kazuo Nonaka Masatoshi Nonaka Shigekichi Nonaka Takano Nonaka and Tadao Nonaka, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Appellees“that the extent of a plaintiff's success is a crucial factor in determining the proper amount of an award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1988.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion.”
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.