Foster v. Mydas Associates, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
943 F.2d 139 · 1991
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Ruiz-Troche v. Pepsi Cola of Puerto Rico Bottling Co. (1998), Lipsett v. Blanco (1992)
57 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 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 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3617 (§ 818 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when a material factor deserving significant weight is ignored, when an improper factor is relied upon, or when all proper and no improper factors are assessed, but the court makes a serious mistake in weighing them.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party ... a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[United States v. Metropolitan Dist. Comm'n, 847 F.2d 12 , 16 n. 4],”
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.