Phillips v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Spencer v. National Labor Relations Board · Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · Anderson v. Heckler · Lively v. Bowen
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.
“attorney fees shall not be awarded in excess of $75 per hour unless the court determines that an increase in the cost of living or a special factor ... justifies a higher fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. May v. Sullivan
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.