Howard Michael Caplan v. All American Auto Collision, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that if a plaintiff has been “unduly litigious,” thereby “unnecessarily prolong[ing] the litigation,” the Court may also take that into consideration
• acknowledging right of prevailing party in ADA action to reasonable attorney’s fees
• “Courts are considered experts on the reasonableness of the number of hours expended and the hourly rates requested.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 9,383×
• 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×
• David Sapuppo, Theresa Sapuppo v. Allstate Floridian Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-01-07· cited 1,735×
• Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of Montgomery
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-02-01· cited 1,349×
• Lea Cordoba v. Dillard's Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-08-04· cited 471×
• Hamilton v. Southland Christian School, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-05-16· cited 467×
• United States v. Charles Joseph Hogan, A/K/A Hal Winter Michael Trupei
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-03-03· cited 274×
• Bivins v. Wrap It Up, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-08-28· cited 245×
• Campbell v. Green
  Fifth Circuit· 1940-05-29· cited 206×
• United States v. Kenneth Lamar Madden
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-08-16· cited 180×
• Dowdell v. City of Apopka
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 140×
• Vivianne Jade Washington v. Investigator Hugh Howard
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-02-07· cited 129×
• Loranger v. Stierheim
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-01-04· cited 119×
• Big Top Koolers, Inc. v. Circus-Man Snacks, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-05-22· cited 84×
• American Benefit Life Insurance v. Baddock
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-01-10· cited 74×
• Sylvester L. Marable, Jr. v. Francis J. Walker
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-05-09· cited 59×
• Association of Disabled Americans v. Neptune Designs, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-11-16· cited 51×