Black v. Settlepou, P.C.’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.3d 492 · 2013
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 207 · 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Blanchard v. Bergeron · Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. Missel · Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn · Perdue v. Kenny A. Ex Rel. Winn
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hile the district court must take the degree of success obtained into account, it would be an abuse of discretion for the district court to reduce [the] attorney's fee award solely on the basis of the amount of damages obtained.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'a low damages award alone ... should not lead the court to reduce a fee award.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he critical issue in this case, however, is not only whether [the employer] paid [plaintiff] a fixed salary for varying hours, but whether [the employer] and [the employee] had agreed that a fixed salary would compensate her for all of the hours she worked each week,” Black v. Settle-Pou, P.C., 732 F.3d 492, 501 (5th Cir.2013) .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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