8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 61 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Husted.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Husted Anchor | green | “the rate that lawyers of comparable skill and experience can reasonably expect to command within the venue of the court of record.” | 14 |
| 2 | Imwalle v. Reliance Medical Products, Inc. | green | “the documentation offered in support of the hours charged must be of sufficient detail and probative value to enable the court to determine with a high degree of certainty that such hours were actually and reasonably expended in the prosecution of the litigation.” | 11 |
| 3 | Michael J. Granzeier Michelle Blankenship Heidi B. Sahrbacker v. Clyde Middleton | green | “the party seeking attorney's fees bears the burden of proof on the number of hours expended and the rates claimed.” | 10 |
| 4 | Janice Adcock-Ladd v. Secretary of Treasury United States Secret Service Department of Treasury | green | “a trial court, in calculating the 'reasonable hourly rate' component of the lodestar computation, should initially assess the 'prevailing market rate in the relevant community.” | 9 |
| 5 | Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Husted | green | “the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation . . . by a reasonable hourly rate.” | 7 |
| 6 | B & G Mining, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | green | “receiving and filing correspondence presumably constitutes clerical work” | 4 |
| 7 | Mehney-Egan v. Mendoza | green | “hours are not reasonably expended if they are excessive, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary. 'a fee is clearly excessive when, after a review of the facts, a lawyer of ordinary prudence would be left with a definite and firm conviction that the fee is in excess of a reasonable …” | 3 |
| 8 | Shana Perry v. Autozone Stores, Inc. | green | “evidence supporting the hours worked and rates claimed” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.