Becker v. ARCO Chemical Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that complexity of case can be determined by “examining the difficulty counsel faced in establishing the proof and in meeting the litigation strategy of defendants”
• a court “may” examine whether more junior associates or non-lawyers could have performed certain tasks in a competent manner
• appropriate rate is within court’s discretion where petitioner adequately supports rate sought and opposing party raises sufficiently specific objections to it
• requiring claimed costs and expenses to have adequate documentation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Eleven Vehicles, Their Equipment and Accessories
  Third Circuit· 2000-01-07· cited 132×
• William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, in No. 98-1636 William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, William P. Becker, in No. 98-1888
  Third Circuit· 2000-03-20· cited 125×
• Sheffer v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-10-15· cited 25×
• Borrell v. Bloomsburg University
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-09-19· cited 23×
• O'NEILL v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-07-31· cited 22×
• McGuffey v. Brink's, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2009-02-09· cited 11×
• Petrunich v. Sun Building Systems, Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-04-07· cited 9×
• Watcher v. Pottsville Area Emergency Medical Service, Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-04-28· cited 9×
• Jordan v. CCH, INC.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-10-07· cited 6×
• United States v. Eleven Vehicles
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-01-14· cited 5×
• Goodman v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
  Third Circuit· 2002-06-24· cited 4×
• Styers v. Pennsylvania
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-05-19· cited 2×
• Gary C. Goodman v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
  Third Circuit· 2002-06-24

Cites

47 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 955×
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-19· cited 884×
• Judson C. Brewer v. Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation Quaker State Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1995-12-14· cited 497×
• Rode v. Dellarciprete
  Third Circuit· 1990-01-04· cited 421×
• Danny T. Greenway v. The Buffalo Hilton Hotel, Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1998-04-30· cited 285×
• Continental Illinois Securities Litigation v. Continental Illinois Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-05-22· cited 279×
• Ursic v. Bethlehem Mines
  Third Circuit· 1983-10-19· cited 250×
• Jaime Blum, Brij Kapur and James C. Spitsbergen, in 86-5349 v. Witco Chemical Corporation, in 86-5310
  Third Circuit· 1987-10-02· cited 241×
• Martin O. Washington v. Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Martin Washington
  Third Circuit· 1996-07-09· cited 238×
• Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1976-07-02· cited 215×
• In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation
  Third Circuit· 1984-12-13· cited 196×
• Jane L. v. Bangerter
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-08-02· cited 181×
• Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. And Friends of the Earth, in 86-5927 v. At & T Bell Laboratories, in 86-5895
  Third Circuit· 1988-03-24· cited 180×
• Prandini v. National Tea Co.
  Third Circuit· 1978-07-19· cited 179×
• Oscar Hines v. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. General Electric Company, Monsanto Company, and Penn Central Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1991-02-13· cited 148×
• Merit Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-12-20· cited 138×

Other cases named Becker v. ARCO Chemical Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Becker v. ARCO Chemical Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1998-06-29· cited 5×