Underwood v. Pierce

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming district court awards of $80-$120 per hour due to the novelty and difficulty of the issues, contingent nature of the fee, undesirability of the case, expertise of counsel, results obtained and customary awards in other cases
• \The Secretary was thus put on clear notice that his position was without legal basis.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pierce v. Underwood
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 6,197×
• George L. Barry v. Otis R. Bowen
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-08-19· cited 164×
• Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of Transportation
  First Circuit· 1987-06-03· cited 141×
• Lawrence Keasler and Keasler Body Company, Inc. v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-07-03· cited 86×
• James Wilkett D/B/A Wilkett Trucking Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-04-22· cited 72×
• International Woodworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Local 3-98 v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, and California Employment Development Department
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-06-23· cited 70×
• League of Women Voters of California, and Pacifica Foundation, and Henry Waxman v. Federal Communications Commission
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-02· cited 60×
• Eastway Construction Corp. v. The City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 1985-05-21· cited 44×
• TAYLOR, Catherine D., Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Third Circuit· 1988-02-29· cited 32×
• Bunn v. Bowen
  E.D. North Carolina· 1986-05-05· cited 30×
• First National Bank of Chicago v. Committee of Creditors Holding Unsecured Claims (In Re Powerine Oil Co.)
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-12-12· cited 26×
• Bridgewater Credit Union v. McCarthy (In Re McCarthy)
  First Circuit· 2000-01-18· cited 11×
• Barry v. Heckler
  N.D. California· 1986-01-13· cited 6×
• In Re Schumann Tire & Battery Co., Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1988-07-25· cited 5×
• Weber v. Weinberger
  W.D. Michigan· 1987-01-29· cited 5×
• Underwood v. Pierce
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-05-23· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-04-22· cited 4×
• Buchanan v. United States
  D. Oregon· 1990-11-10· cited 4×
• Johnson v. Meese
  E.D. Michigan· 1987-02-27· cited 4×
• Baker v. Bowen
  D. Wyoming· 1989-03-03· cited 1×