Rollins v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Griffith v. Kentucky · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · Jizmejian v. United States · James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses ... incurred by that party in any civil action ... including proceedings for judicial review of agency action, brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of that action, unless the court finds the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kowalick v. Sullivan“[a]fter Melkonyan , it is indisputable that the thirty-day period in which a petition for an attorney’s fee may be filed begins to run after the district court enters a sentence four order to remand and the time from which to appeal that order expired.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kowalick v. Sullivan
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.