Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
1 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Rhode Island District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Medina-Munoz v. Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company · McCoy v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States v. Slade · Mulvihill v. Top-Flite Golf Co. · Daigle v. Maine Medical Center, Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we always recount [the facts] in the light most favorable to the nonmovant (here, that's [Swartz]).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Swartz v. Sylvester“specific facts showing that a trier of fact could reasonably find in [their] favor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“rely on conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.