Johnson v. Johnson County’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 18th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda · Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy · State v. Shumake · Tooke v. City of Mexia
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a plea to the jurisdiction challenges the pleadings, we determine if the pleader has alleged facts that affirmatively demonstrate the court's jurisdiction to hear the cause. We construe the pleadings liberally in favor of the plaintiffs and look to the pleaders' intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re CS
How this case has been treated — in progress
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