Romain v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.3d 402 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 7 U.S.C. § 2015
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Farrar v. Hobby · Buckhannon Board and Care Home Incs v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources · Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District · Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Buckhannon only addressed the manner in which a district court determines the prevailing party”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he two inquiries-prevailing-party status and special circumstances-are distinct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e therefore continue to be bound by our precedent”
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.