Allende v. Unitech Design, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · City of Riverside v. Rivera · New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York · Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district court also should exclude from this initial fee calculation hours that were not “reasonably expended.” Cases may be overstaffed, and the skill and experience of lawyers vary widely. Counsel for the prevailing party should make a good faith effort to exclude from a fee request hours that are excessive, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“attorneys' fees need not be proportional to the damages plaintiffs recover,”
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.