Ferrell v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
743 F.2d 454 · 1984
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently August 2009 · most notably Weeks v. Samsung Heavy Industries Co. (1997), Sigmon Fuel Company v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1985)
26 federal appellate · 1 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 12 U.S.C. § 1709 · 12 U.S.C. § 1715 · 12 U.S.C. § 1715L (Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987) · 12 U.S.C. § 1715U · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1437 (HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003) · 42 U.S.C. § 1441 (Housing Act of 1949) · 42 U.S.C. § 1441A
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Udall v. Tallman · Singleton v. Wulff · United States v. Swift & Co. · Reed v. Ross
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses ... incurred by that party in any civil action ... brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of that action, unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“provide assistance or relief in the form of the present assignment program or an equivalent substitute to permit mortgagors in default on their mortgages to avoid foreclosure and to retain their homes during periods of temporary financial distress.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“district court's views on interpretation [of a consent decree] are entitled to deference.”
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.