Johnson v. Ellington’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 1966
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kelly v. Strouse & Bros. · Woodruff v. Hughes · Luke v. DuPree · Jones v. Robinson · Lambert v. Georgia Power Co.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mere general allegations of fraud are not good against a general demurrer, but the specific facts constituting the fraud must be stated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.