Homeward Bound, Inc. v. Hissom Memorial Center’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 1352 · 1992
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Rendine v. Pantzer (1995), Harris v. Champion (1994)
44 federal appellate · 9 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
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Marks v. United States · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[h]owever, 'the court's legal analysis which provides the basis for the fee award is reviewable de novo.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In any action ... commenced pursuant to this chapter, the court ... in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee, including litigation expenses, and costs____”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Once a real risk of not prevailing has been demonstrated, the party seeking to enhance the lodestar must also come forward with evidence that, absent an enhancement, 'the plaintiff would have faced substantial difficulties in finding counsel in the local or other relevant market.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.