Fast v. School District of Ladue’s Empirical Analysis
728 F.2d 1030 · 1984
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2021 · most notably Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District (1989), Institutionalized Juveniles S v. Secretary of Public Welfare C 83-1696 83-1722 (1985)
30 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison · Avalon Cinema Corp. v. Thompson · Jaquette v. Black Hawk County
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the important thing is what relief was awarded on the facts and the law, not what relief was expressly requested by the pleadings.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he fact that plaintiff failed on some of the issues, including her request for reinstatement, which was probably the one thing she wanted most out of her suit, is directly relevant on the question of the proper amount of a fee award. Obviously an award in the full amount requested would not be appropriate. The District Court should first consider what amount of plaintiff’s attorneys’ time is fairly attributable to the issues on which she prevailed. Ordinarily, a fee award should then be made for the number of lawyers’ hours so expended at whatever hourly rate the District Court determines is appropriate_ In addition, the District Court may consider, if the evidence warrants, whether the time spent on the issues on which plaintiff prevailed was excessive.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a significant issue in litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing the suit.”
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.