3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 30 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 Carolyn Newsome v. Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolyn Newsome v. Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States Anchor | green | “courts have routinely awarded eaja attorney's fees to claimants in social security cases who satisfy the statutory conditions.” | 16 |
| 2 | Panola Land Buying Association v. Clark | green | “historically, the client and the lawyer make their fee arrangement, and the lawyer looks to the client for payment of the legal fee...in enacting the eaja, congress recognized and maintained the attorney-client relationship as it has existed throughout our history.” | 8 |
| 3 | John Oguachuba v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Dale Thomas, Warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center | green | “whether an award of attorneys' fees under ultimately redounds to the benefit of counsel depends upon the private contractual arrangements between the attorney and the client.” | 6 |
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.