Olson v. Norman’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.2d 811 · 1987
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably Kali v. Bowen (1988), Hindes v. Federal Deposit Insurance (1998)
22 federal appellate · 6 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396B (§ 1903 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on United States v. Sherwood · Cannon v. University of Chicago · United States v. Mitchell · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Filmon v. Florida
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The United States shall be liable for such fees and expenses to the same extent that any other party would be liable under the common law or under the terms of any statute which specifically provides for such an award.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“within thirty days of final judgment in the action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
2 later decisions 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.