Jensen v. Stangel’s Empirical Analysis
790 F.2d 721 · 1985
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Pierson v. Ray · Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[a] party is a ‘prevailing party’ under this section if he or she succeeds ‘on any significant issue in litigation which achieves some of the benefit’ the party sought in bringing suit.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to enforce a provision of [42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983], the court in its discretion may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“a liberal construction of section 1988 to achieve the purpose of encouraging compliance with and enforcement of the civil rights laws”
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.