Johnson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably Bowers v. Sprouse (1997), Alfonso v. Robinson (1999)
24 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 Smithey v. Sinclair Refining Co. · Rawle v. McIlhenny · Chesapeake & Ohio Railway v. Meadows
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]xpenses for the care[,] treatment and hospitalization of the decedent, $10,534.18. Reasonable funeral expenses of $7,996.71. Compensatory damages for sorrow, mental anguish and solace[,] zero. Compensatory damages for reasonable expected loss of income of the decedent and [for] services, protection, care, and assistance provided by the decedent, $942,535.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Minnicks“attentive father, `the best,' and was often observed playing with his children `in the yard.' He loved [his 11-year-old daughter] very much. [His 5-year-old daughter] was `daddy's girl' and `preferred to be with him most of the time.' He was handy with tools and `just did everything' around the house.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Minnicks“In support of the jury’s action, the defendants say that .their cross-examination of the plaintiffs expert witness raised “serious questions as to the soundness of his opinion concerning the projected loss of income of the decedent.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Branham v. Maggard
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.