Raniere v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.3d 1298 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 285 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · 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 · Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · Hewitt v. Helms
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n determining whether a party is a prevailing party in patent litigation, we apply the general principle that to be a prevailing party, one must receive at least some relief on the merits, which alters the legal relationship of the parties. We clarified later that relief on the merits at least required that the party obtain a court order materially changing the legal relationship of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is simply one that stands out from others with respect to the substantive strength of a party's litigating position (considering both the governing law and the facts of the case) or the unreasonable manner in which the case was litigated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress has included the term 'prevailing party' in various fee-shifting statutes, and it has been the Court's approach to interpret the term in a consistent manner”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robinson v. O'Rourke
How this case has been treated — in progress
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