Shaw v. Library of Congress’s Empirical Analysis
747 F.2d 1469 · 1984
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2008 · most notably Library of Congress v. Shaw (1986), Loeffler v. Frank (1988)
10 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1920 · 28 U.S.C. § 1961 · 28 U.S.C. § 2411 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 28 U.S.C. § 2516 · 28 U.S.C. § 2517 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · United States v. Testan · United States v. Sherwood · United States v. Turkette
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“consistently ... recognized that federal statutes cannot be read to permit interest to run on a recovery against the United States unless Congress affirmatively mandates that result.... When Congress has intended to waive the United States' immunity with respect to interest, it has done so expressly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In any action or proceeding under this subchapter the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the [EEOC] or the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs, and the [EEOC] and the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.