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Pitts v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis

755 F.2d 897 · 1985

Citation profile

16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 1994
most recently cited

9 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988

Relies on White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Knighton v. Watkins · Brown v. City of Palmetto

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[a]ny party seeking an award of attorney's fees pursuant to ... 42 U.S.C. § 1988 must file a motion ... within fifteen (15) days of the entry of the final judgment as to the party seeking the award.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “district court's interpretation is not only acceptable, but appears to be the only acceptable interpretation”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “within the meaning of the local rule because the judgment was being appealed, we held that the”
    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.