Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that lower court's reduction of attorney fee award for block billing was not an abuse of discretion
• explaining that reasonableness in the context of time management “is largely a matter of informed judgment”
• explaining that a material error of law is a per se abuse of discretion
• noting that “fees for [work on a fee petition] are often calculated at lower rates than those deemed reasonable for the main litigation”
• noting that “fees for [work on a fee petition] are often calculated at lower rates than those deemed reasonable for the main litigation”
• stating that a prevailing party \normally is entitled to attorneys' fees incurred in the pursuit of fees\

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Cited by

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

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• Hutchinson Ex Rel. Julien v. Patrick
  First Circuit· 2011-02-17· cited 106×
• Negrón-Almeda v. Santiago
  First Circuit· 2008-06-05· cited 101×
• Andrea Jones v. Southpeak Interactive Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-01-26· cited 98×
• Spooner v. EEN, INC.
  First Circuit· 2011-07-05· cited 95×
• Matalon v. Hynnes
  First Circuit· 2015-11-18· cited 72×
• De Jesus Nazario v. Morris Rodriguez
  First Circuit· 2009-01-30· cited 67×
• United States v. One Star Class Sloop Sailboat Built in 1930
  First Circuit· 2008-10-20· cited 63×
• Jensen v. Phillips Screw Co.
  First Circuit· 2008-10-29· cited 54×
• Martínez-Serrano v. Quality Health Services of Puerto Rico, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2009-06-08· cited 43×
• Perez-Sosa v. Garland
  First Circuit· 2022-01-07· cited 42×
• Berliner v. Pappalardo (In Re Sullivan)
  First Circuit· 2012-03-21· cited 36×
• Joyce v. Town of Dennis, MA
  First Circuit· 2013-06-17· cited 36×
• Burke v. McDonald
  First Circuit· 2009-07-17· cited 30×
• Norkunas v. HPT Cambridge, LLC
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-09-18· cited 26×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Autozone, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-03-29· cited 25×
• United States v. Phillipos
  First Circuit· 2017-02-24· cited 23×
• Lech v. Von Goeler
  First Circuit· 2024-02-02· cited 21×
• Lopez v. Consejo De Titulares Del Condominio Carolina Court Apartments (In Re Lopez)
  First Circuit· 2009-05-07· cited 20×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Grendel's Den, Inc. v. John P. Larkin, Cambridge License Commission, Grendel's Den, Inc. v. John P. Larkin
  First Circuit· 1984-12-05· cited 468×
• Annabelle Lipsett v. Gumersindo Blanco
  First Circuit· 1992-09-23· cited 285×
• Gay Officers Action League v. Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 2001-04-23· cited 234×
• Denise COUTIN, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. YOUNG & RUBICAM PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, Appellee
  First Circuit· 1997-09-08· cited 181×
• Domenic Lund v. John J. Affleck, Doris Palmieri v. John J. Affleck, Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Bradford E. Southworth
  First Circuit· 1978-11-21· cited 174×
• United States v. Metropolitan District Commission, Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1988-05-19· cited 160×
• Goldman, Antonetti, Ferraiuoli, Axtmayer & Hertell, a Partnership v. Medfit International, Inc., Hector Rodriguez
  First Circuit· 1993-01-06· cited 156×
• Lillian Corder, Roberta Lombardo v. Brad Gates, Sheriff, and Roy Brown, Lillian Corder Roberta Lombardo v. Brad Gates, Sheriff Roy Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-10-16· cited 131×
• Bond v. Stanton
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-09-19· cited 116×
• Larry Weyant, Charles Weyant v. George S. Okst, Irvin Richard Weber, Joseph Peter Auberger, Lawrence Mueller
  Second Circuit· 1999-12-02· cited 108×
• Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Family Restaurants, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-04-02· cited 106×
• 27 soc.sec.rep.ser. 18, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 14888a Claire McDonald v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
  First Circuit· 1989-09-07· cited 102×
• Brewster v. Dukakis
  First Circuit· 1993-08-25· cited 91×
• Rosario-Urdaz v. Rivera-Hernandez
  First Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 86×
• Romeo Gabriele v. Bradford Southworth
  First Circuit· 1983-07-25· cited 47×
• Webb v. Ada County
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-04-04· cited 47×
• Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel
  First Circuit· 2005-05-03· cited 46×
• John Nash v. Delbert Chandler, the City of Tyler, Texas, and Willie Hardy, Chief of Police, Etc., and the State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-06-30· cited 23×
• United States v. Arango
  First Circuit· 2007-11-15· cited 22×

Other cases named Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel
  First Circuit· 2005-05-03· cited 46×