Chynoweth v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
920 F.2d 648 · 1990
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Love v. Reilly (1991), Raines v. Shalala (1995)
11 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Carnegie v. United States · In re Disbarment of Adelman · Berry Estates, Inc. v. Regan · Hyatt v. Heckler
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not beyond the grasp of a competent practicing attorney with access to a law library and the other accoutrements of modern legal practice,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“merely because some scholarly effort and professional experience is required to attain proficiency in a particular practice area does not automatically require enhancement of the [$75 rate].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`unusual situation' where the legal services rendered require specialized training and expertise unattainable by a competent attorney through a diligent study of the governing legal principles.”
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.