In Re Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably In Re Comfort (2007), In Re Landrith (2005)
2 district · 27 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Beauharnais v. Illinois · Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman · Teleprompter Corporation v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc Columbia Broadcasting System 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A lawyer, as a citizen, has a right to criticize a judge or other adjudicatory officer publicly. To exercise this right, the lawyer must be certain of the merit of the complaint, use appropriate language, and avoid petty criticisms. Unrestrained and intemperate statements against a judge or adjudicatory officer lessen public confidence in our legal system. Criticisms motivated by reasons other than a desire to improve the legal system are not justified.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Eckelman · In re Jordan““A lawyer is bound by the Code of Professional Responsibility in every capacity in which the lawyer acts, whether he is acting as an attorney or not, and is subject to discipline even when involved in nonlegal matters, including campaigns for nonjudicial public office. State v. Russell, 227 Kan. 897, 610 P.2d 1122 , cert. denied 449 U.S. 983 (1980). The imposition of the ethical obligation of honesty upon lawyers under DR 1-102(A)(4) is necessary for the administration of justice. See cases cited in State v. Russell, 227 Kan. at 900-901 . Disciplinary action can be exercised not only for the purpose of enforcing legal rights but for the additional purpose of enforcing honorable conduct on the part of the court’s own officers. In re Estate of Williams, 160 Kan. 220 , 160 P.2d 260 (1945).” (Emphasis added.)”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Mintz · In Re Arnold“[t]he New York Times standard of 'actual malice' in a civil action for libel is not appropriate in a proceeding to discipline an attorney.”
2 later decisions 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.