Meriwether v. Coughlin

How courts have described this case

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

• reducing lodestar by 15% for vague time entries such as “telephone conference with defendant” and “reviewing new client material”
• “declin[ing] to tax costs to either party” under Rule 39(a) when “both parties were partially ~ successful on the appeal”
• finding an overall reduction of 15% warranted based on vague descriptions of work performed
• finding an overall reduction of 15% warranted based on vague descriptions of work performed
• finding an overall reduction of 15% warranted based on vague descriptions of work performed
• finding an overall reduction of 15% warranted based on vague descriptions of work performed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marisol A. Ex Rel. Forbes v. Giuliani
  S.D. New York· 2000-08-30· cited 67×
• Parrish v. Sollecito
  S.D. New York· 2003-09-03· cited 49×
• Gonzalez v. Bratton
  S.D. New York· 2001-06-13· cited 47×
• Finkel v. Universal Electric Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2013-08-27· cited 33×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  S.D. New York· 1997-08-12· cited 32×
• Jennette v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1992-09-01· cited 31×
• Rodriguez v. McLoughlin
  S.D. New York· 1999-05-26· cited 30×
• Cabrera v. Fischler
  E.D. New York· 1993-02-17· cited 28×
• DeVito v. Hempstead China Shop, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1993-09-13· cited 28×
• Ragin v. Harry MacKlowe Real Estate Co.
  S.D. New York· 1994-12-09· cited 26×
• Pastre v. Weber
  S.D. New York· 1991-08-20· cited 23×
• Fink v. City of New York
  E.D. New York· 2001-05-23· cited 19×
• Kenny A. Ex Rel. Winn v. Perdue
  N.D. Georgia· 2006-10-03· cited 17×
• Pascuiti v. New York Yankees
  S.D. New York· 2000-07-12· cited 17×
• Echevarria v. Insight Medical, P.C.
  S.D. New York· 2015-04-29· cited 14×
• Big R Food Warehouses v. LOCAL 338 RWDSU
  E.D. New York· 1995-08-15· cited 12×
• New York Ex Rel. Vacco v. RAC Holding, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 2001-03-21· cited 12×
• Mautner v. Hirsch
  S.D. New York· 1993-09-07· cited 11×
• Andrews v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2015-08-03· cited 11×
• Bonnie & Co. Fashions, Inc. v. Bankers Trust Co.
  S.D. New York· 1997-07-21· cited 10×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 1,755×
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 1,583×
• City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1974-03-13· cited 1,333×
• City of Riverside v. Rivera
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-27· cited 1,221×
• New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York
  Second Circuit· 1983-06-15· cited 1,038×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 955×
• Mary Beth G. v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-11-29· cited 328×
• John McCann Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. T. Coughlin, Iii, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-06· cited 254×
• Meriwether v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1989-06-30· cited 146×
• Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc. v. G & U, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1978-06-15· cited 121×
• Michael Kuzma v. Internal Revenue Service, and Marshall P. Cappelli, District Director
  Second Circuit· 1987-06-22· cited 95×
• Vincent Kerr v. John Quinn and Joseph Ruggiero, Officers in the Hamden Police Department Individually and in Their Official Capacities
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-04· cited 67×
• Lenihan v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1986-07-14· cited 36×
• United States Football League v. National Football League
  S.D. New York· 1989-01-19· cited 29×
• Gingras v. Lloyd
  Second Circuit· 1984-08-03· cited 29×