Taylor v. City of Fort Lauderdale’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.2d 1551 · 1987
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently January 2009 · most notably Newsom v. Norris (1989), Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups (2009)
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
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. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Elrod v. Burns · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Maher v. Gagne
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to qualify as a prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. 1988, the plaintiff must be successful on the central issue in the case, exhibited by the fact that the plaintiff acquired the primary relief sought.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This Circuit follows the “central issue” test for determining and awarding attorney’s fees. In order to qualify as a prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 , the plaintiff must be successful on the central issue in the case, exhibited by the fact that the plaintiff acquired the primary relief sought. [In Hensley,] the Supreme Court focused primarily on the standards to be used in assessing the amount of the prevailing party’s award of attorney’s fees. The award of fees, however, comes after a determination that a party has “prevailed,” either on “any significant issue” or the “central issue” in the litigation, depending on the Circuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Analysis [of the prevailing party question] hinges upon whether “the lawsuit is a substantial factor or a significant catalyst in motivating defendants to end their unconstitutional behavior.” [Doe v. Busbee, 684 F.2d 1375, 1380 (11th Cir.1982).]”
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.