Ruth M. Sargeant v. Alexander E. Sharp, II

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the determination of attorney fees in that particular instance required such a hearing
• holding that the determination in that particular instance required such a hearing
• reversing denial of fees award to party who sued only for damages and used contingent fee arrangement
• a fee agreement is irrelevant to the issue of entitlement and should not enter into the determination of the amount of a reasonable fee award in a civil rights action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-09-02· cited 989×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 955×
• National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-04-23· cited 402×
• William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
  First Circuit· 1991-02-11· cited 259×
• Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose Park
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-02-15· cited 252×
• John Furtado v. Harold Bishop
  First Circuit· 1980-12-11· cited 211×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-04-23· cited 136×
• 23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 20, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,029 Wesley P. Bernard v. Gulf Oil Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-06-19· cited 117×
• Paul S. Segal v. Gilbert Color Systems, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1984-10-11· cited 110×
• International Travel Arrangers, Inc. v. Western Airlines, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-06-10· cited 107×
• Pedro Quesada, and Hugh R. Manes, Real Party in Interest v. Ronald Thomason, Miles J. Sutton, Rubin A. Mendoza, Robert Nichols, Los Angeles County
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-23· cited 102×
• Singer v. State
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-03-19· cited 101×
• Tom H. Riddell, Jr. v. The National Democratic Party v. Honorable William L. Waller, Governor of the State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-18· cited 89×
• Evelyn Dejesus v. Banco Popular De Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 1991-12-04· cited 86×
• Thompson v. Village of Hales Corners
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1983-11-30· cited 80×
• Cunningham v. City of McKeesport
  Third Circuit· 1985-01-15· cited 78×
• Nicholas Palmigiano v. J. Joseph Garrahy, Leonard Jefferson v. Bradford E. Southworth
  First Circuit· 1980-03-03· cited 74×
• Venegas v. Skaggs
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-01-31· cited 71×
• Michael Alan Crooker v. United States Department of Justice
  First Circuit· 1980-10-10· cited 69×
• Andrew S. Jacobs v. Anthony Mancuso, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1987-07-24· cited 68×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 1,644×
• 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×
• Hall v. Cole
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 1,138×
• Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 385×
• Mitchell G. King, Jr. v. Milton Greenblatt
  First Circuit· 1977-08-15· cited 221×
• Farmington Dowel Products Co. v. Forster Mfg. Co., Inc.
  First Circuit· 1970-02-12· cited 118×
• Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. Of Phila. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1973-10-31· cited 94×
• Cordeco Development Corporation v. Antonio Santiago Vasquez, Cordeco Development Corporation v. Antonio Santiago Vasquez, Inez Acevedo Campos
  First Circuit· 1976-06-25· cited 78×
• Keyes v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1, DENVER, COLO.
  D. Colorado· 1977-08-25· cited 62×
• Farmington Dowel Products Co. v. Forster Mfg. Co., Inc.
  First Circuit· 1970-12-29· cited 27×