Murphy v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
864 F.3d 583 · 2017
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 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. § 1997E
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn · Perdue v. Kenny A. Ex Rel. Winn · Ustrak v. Fairman · Stringer v. Dilger
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where claims are closely related, however, a plaintiff who obtains excellent results should recover a fully compensatory fee even if he did not prevail on every contention in the lawsuit or if a court rejected or did not reach certain grounds supporting the excellent result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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