Hall v. Borough of Roselle’s Empirical Analysis
747 F.2d 838 · 1984
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air (1986), Rendine v. Pantzer (1995)
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Blum v. Stenson · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. of Phila. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. · Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“members of the bar are quasi-officers of the court and they are expected to be careful ... in their representations to the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re: Tutu Wells Contamination Litigation. Esso Standard Oil S.A. Ltd. Esso Virgin Islands, Inc. Esso Standard Oil Co. (Puerto Rico), in No. 96-7385, Goldman, Antonetti & Cordova Francis Torres, Esquire Jose Cepeda, Esquire, in No. 96-7386, Eugenio C. Romero, an Attorney at Law, in No. 96-7387, L'henri, Inc., in No. 96-7388, Rhoda Harthman Charlotte A. Labarre Albert E. Harthman Arthur E. Harthman Austin E. Harthman Edgar A. Harthman Sammy E. Harthman P.I.D., Inc. Tutu Services, Limited, in No. 96-7389, Ramsay Motors, Inc., in No. 96-7390, Texaco Inc. Texaco Caribbean, Inc. Vernon Morgan, in No. 96-7391, Four Winds Plaza Partnership, in No. 96-7392 · Tutu Wells Contamination Litigation Sa 96-7385 96-7386 96-7387 96-7388 Pid 96-7389 96-7390 96-7391 96-7392“[b]ecause ... civil rights laws depend greatly upon private enforcement, [Congress] thought that fee awards were essential if private citizens were to have a meaningful opportunity to vindicate the important congressional policies contained in the civil rights laws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Young v. Smith“[a] reasonable attorney's fee is one that compensates a lawyer for the fair market value of his time, experience, and effort”
1 later decision 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.