Brewer v. Trimble’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 state decisions
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 · Baker v. McCollan · Carey v. Piphus · Farrar v. Hobby · United States v. Classic
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1981a, 1982, 1983, ... the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brewer v. Trimble
How this case has been treated — in progress
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