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← 2010 SD 20 - Johnson v. Larson

Johnson v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
December 2025
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 22 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on County Commissioners v. J. Roland Dashiell & Sons, Inc. · Leasepartners Corp. v. Robert L. Brooks Trust · 251 Ga. App. 124 - Hollifield v. Monte Vista Biblical Gardens, Inc. · 168 Wis. 2d 779 - Ramsey v. Ellis · Hofeldt v. Mehling

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Unjust enrichment contemplates an involuntary or nonconsensual transfer, unjustly enriching one party.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Quantum meruit implies a contract where none exists and awards restitution for the value of the services provided under that implied contract.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “it would be inequitable to allow [him] to retain the benefit without paying for it.”
    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.