State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 1978
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. Palagi v. Freeman · 178 F. Supp. 155 - Application of Johnson · State v. Allamaras
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This court does not wish to permit the parens patriae doctrine to prevent a fair hearing. The parens patriae doctrine is intended to benefit and protect both juvenile delinquents and the public, but the doctrine cannot serve as justification for illegal detention no matter how labelled.” State v. Johnson, 141 Mont. 1 , 374 P.2d 504, 506 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Application of Gault
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.