723 F. Supp. 92 - Lee v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Pierce v. Underwood · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Rawlings v. Heckler
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if faced with the issue again, the Seventh Circuit might well depart or modify its position,” because such fees are “necessary for the preparation of the party's case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hanrahan v. Shalala
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.