Jonas v. Stack’s Empirical Analysis
758 F.2d 567 · 1985
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2010 · most notably Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson (1986), Haitian Refugee Center v. Meese (1986)
16 federal appellate ·
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. § 1988
Relies on Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Johnson v. University College of Alabama · Dowdell v. City of Apopka · Johnson v. State of Mississippi · Dennis v. Chang
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Strict conformity to the language of [§ 1988] would require that the [fee] application be made by the attorney in the name of his client, the prevailing party. We consider this to be the procedure of choice, since it ensures that awards made under the Act compensate their intended beneficiaries”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“provides an incentive for both citizens and members of the bar to act as 'private attorneys general' to insure effective enforcement of these civil rights laws”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] prevailing party's counsel is entitled to reasonable compensation when he litigates his own claim for entitlement to § 1988 fees.”
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.