Wilder v. Bernstein

How courts have described this case

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

• awarding actual rates charged to paying clients for services of three Webster & Sheffield associates since rates fell within parameters of hourly rates charged by similar firms in New York City
• “It is clear that the purpose of the fee-shifting statute is to encourage the vindication of civil rights, and parties who are not involved in furthering such purposes should not be entitled to benefit from the statute.”
• $200-250 per hour for work performed in 1987-89

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. New York City Housing Authority
  S.D. New York· 1997-08-27· cited 43×
• Loper v. New York City Police Department
  S.D. New York· 1994-05-24· cited 31×
• 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×
• Williams v. Secretary of the Navy
  E.D. New York· 1994-05-10· cited 12×
• Mautner v. Hirsch
  S.D. New York· 1993-09-07· cited 11×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  Second Circuit· 1992-06-03· cited 10×
• Gonzalez v. Town of Stratford
  D. Connecticut· 1992-08-04· cited 8×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-23· cited 8×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  Second Circuit· 1991-09-24· cited 6×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• 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×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 1,746×
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 1,644×
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 1,583×
• Maher v. Gagne
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,087×
• 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×
• Marek v. Chesny
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-27· cited 923×
• Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-09-28· cited 522×
• Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 504×
• Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 319×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation. (Appeal of Attorneys' Fee Awards)
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-21· cited 269×
• John McCann Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. T. Coughlin, Iii, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-06· cited 254×
• Maria Difilippo and Raina Difilippo, by Her Mother and Next Friend Maria Difilippo, Cross-Appellees v. Tullio Morizio, Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1985-04-05· cited 186×
• Lewis v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1986-09-10· cited 126×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1985-06-18· cited 98×
• United States Football League v. National Football League
  Second Circuit· 1989-10-10· cited 56×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  S.D. New York· 1980-10-01· cited 41×
• Wilder v. Bernstein
  S.D. New York· 1986-10-08· cited 36×