Phipps Group v. Downing’s Empirical Analysis
764 F.3d 864 · 2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1407
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Central Railroad Banking Co of Georgia v. Pettus · McNeill v. United States · Fox v. Vice
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We give substantial deference to a district court's determinations, in light of the district court's superior understanding of the litigation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fulfilled its responsibility of providing a concise but clear explanation of its reasons for the fee award.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he decision to award or deny attorney's fees rests within the sound discretion of the district court”
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.