Backus v. Finkelstein

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[C]ourts should not reduce lodestars based on relief obtained simply because the amount of damages recovered on a claim was less than the 24 amount requested.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gallup v. Caldwell
  Third Circuit· 1941-05-21· cited 108×
• Ruben v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Eighth Circuit· 1938-07-14· cited 30×
• Willcox v. Harriman Securities Corporation
  S.D. New York· 1933-12-08· cited 28×
• Richardson v. Blue Grass Mining Co.
  E.D. Kentucky· 1939-10-17· cited 28×
• Plastic & Metal Fabricators, Inc. v. Roy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-06-06· cited 21×
• Glenmore Distilleries Company v. Seideman
  E.D. New York· 1967-05-05· cited 18×
• In Re Burntside Lodge
  D. Minnesota· 1934-08-04· cited 12×
• Roger F. Moran v. Marion Clark Edson, Jr.
  Third Circuit· 1974-03-15· cited 7×
• Vista Fund v. Garis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-01-26· cited 5×
• Cook v. Miller
  D. Minnesota· 1934-08-04· cited 1×