Weitzman v. Stein’s Empirical Analysis
98 F.3d 717 · 1996
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably New York State National Organization for Women v. Terry (1998), 87 F. Supp. 2d 281 - A v. by Versace, Inc. v. Gianni Versace, S.P.A. (2000)
6 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Relies on United States v. United Mine Workers of America · Will v. United States · Vuitton Fils v. Carousel Handbags · King v. Allied Vision, Ltd. · Sizzler Family Steak Houses v. Western Sizzlin Steak House, Inc.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hile willfulness may not necessarily be a prerequisite to an award of fees and costs, a finding of willfulness strongly supports granting them.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]rial courts enjoy considerable discretion in determining the appropriate amount of attorney fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since the plaintiff should be made whole for the harm he has suffered, it is appropriate for the court also to award the reasonable costs of prosecuting the contempt, including attorney's fees, if the violation of the decree is found to have been willful.”
1 later decision 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.