Quiroga v. Hasbro, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
934 F.2d 497 · 1991
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 127 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 273 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Farrell v. Planters Lifesavers Co. (2000), Krouse v. American Sterilizer Co. (1997)
50 federal appellate · 127 district · 4 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. § 1927 · 28 U.S.C. § 2106 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 273 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“rest upon mere allegations, general denials, or . . . vague statements”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.' " Chambers, --- U.S. at ----, 111 S.Ct. at 2133 (quoting Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240 , 258-59, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 1622, 44 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975)); see Quiroga v. Hasbro, Inc., 934 F.2d 497 , 504 (3d Cir.1991) ("[I]t is well established that courts have the power to impose sanctions on both litigants and attorneys to regulate their docket, to promote judicial efficiency, and to deter abuse of judicial process”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e must defer to the district court's fee determination unless it has erred legally, or the facts on which the determination rests are clearly erroneous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. L.B. Foster Co. · Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Guardians of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc., Individually and on Behalf of Its Members and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Pittsburgh Branch, Individually and on Behalf of Its Members and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated National Organization for Women-Southwestern Pennsylvania Council of Chapters, Individually and on Behalf of Its Members and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, and Donald Allen Benjamin Ashe Jerome Aziz Richard Hurt Adam Kinsel Lynwood Scott and Richard Stewart, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated J. Terese Doyle, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Cheryl Edmonds Rose Mitchum Linda Robinson Joanne Rowe Deborah Smith and Gloria Vanda, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Harvey Adams Mack Henderson Theodore Saulsbury and Charles Tarrant, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Gladys Smith, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Peter F. Flaherty, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and Acting Director of the Department of Public Safety of the City of Pittsburgh Robert J. Coll, Superintendent of the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Stephen A. Glickman, President of the City of Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission Albert Statti and Edward L. English, Members of the City of Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission Melanie J. Smith, Secretary and Chief Examiner of the City of Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission and City of Pittsburgh, All Individually and in Their Official Capacities v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police. (Intervenor in d.c.). Michael C. Slater v. City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation. Charles H. Boehm Paul G. Clark and Richard Usner, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Sophie Masloff, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh Melanie J. Smith, Director of Personnel of the City of Pittsburgh the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission and the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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.