Schweiger v. China Doll Restaurant, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that in certain circumstances “[w]here a party has achieved only partial or limited success . . . it would be unreasonable to award compensation for all hours expended, including time spent on the unsuccessful issues or claims.”
• stating that 26 attorneys generally may recover for time spent “[p]reparing post-decision motions”
• explaining that appellate courts are unsuited to conduct fact-finding on attorneys’ fees calculations
• holding the preparation 25 of post-decision motions are includable in a fee application
• stating in dicta that fees awarded to public sector attorneys should be measured by reasonable hourly rate prevailing in community for similar work
• finding that there is sufficient detail in a billing report if counsel indicates “the type of legal services provided, the date the service was provided, the attorney providing the service . . . and the time spent in providing the service”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wagenseller v. Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1985-11-27· cited 506×
• Orfaly v. Tucson Symphony Society
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-10-29· cited 118×
• Harris v. Maricopa County Superior Court
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-20· cited 101×
• Pioneer Roofing Co. v. Mardian Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-11-25· cited 76×
• MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN RANCH COMMUNITY ASS'N v. Simons
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-08-10· cited 75×
• Berry v. 352 E. Virginia, L.L.C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2011-10-06· cited 72×
• Thomas v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-07-20· cited 70×
• Trus Joist Corp. v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-09-30· cited 70×
• Ramsey Air Meds, L.L.C. v. Cutter Aviation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-06-08· cited 69×
• AROK Construction Co. v. Indian Construction Services
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-02-11· cited 61×
• Nolan v. Starlight Pines Homeowners Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-10-09· cited 60×
• USLife Title Co. of Arizona v. Gutkin
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-09-18· cited 53×
• Amex Distributing Co., Inc. v. Mascari
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-07-03· cited 53×
• Security Title Agency, Inc. v. Pope
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-07-29· cited 52×
• Lacer v. Navajo County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-07-17· cited 49×
• SOLIMENO v. Yonan
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-03-18· cited 48×
• Linda Lange v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-08· cited 47×
• Lohmeier v. Hammer
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-12-12· cited 47×
• In Re Shannon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1994-06-21· cited 45×
• City of Cottonwood v. James L. Fann Contracting, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-05-19· cited 45×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• 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×
• Luis J. Laje v. R. E. Thomason General Hospital
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-14· cited 135×
• McCallum v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-08· cited 113×
• Schwartz v. Schwerin
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1959-02-20· cited 68×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1964-12-08· cited 55×
• Epstein v. Frank
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-10-30· cited 46×
• Price v. Price
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-10-28· cited 44×
• Pioneer Constructors v. Symes
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1954-03-01· cited 39×
• Apache East, Inc. v. Wiegand
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-05-16· cited 37×
• Elson Development Co. v. Arizona Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1965-11-18· cited 32×
• Circle K Corp. v. Rosenthal
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1977-12-07· cited 28×
• Crouch v. Pixler
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1958-02-05· cited 23×
• Tovrea v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1966-10-19· cited 19×
• China Doll Restaurant, Inc. v. Schweiger
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-06-06· cited 15×
• Leggett v. Wardenburg
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1939-01-03· cited 9×