Johnson v. Coombe’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
April 2011
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Heck v. Humphrey · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Hafer v. Melo
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.
“(1) the defendant participated directly in the alleged constitutional violation, (2) the defendant, after being informed of the violation through a report or appeal, failed to remedy the wrong, (3) the defendant created a policy or custom under which unconstitutional practices occurred, or allowed the continuance of such policy or custom, (4) the defendant was grossly negligent in supervising subordinates who committed wrongful acts, or (5) the defendant exhibited deliberate indifference to the rights of inmates by failing to act on information indicating that unconstitutional acts were occurring.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Wright
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.