Johnson v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2007
11 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 Doe v. Ray · Clark v. Figge · Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des Moines · Kelly v. Brewer · Bascom v. District Court of Cerro Gordo County
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Actions arising out of injuries to a person or damage to property may be brought in the county in which the defendant, or one of the defendants, is a resident or in the county in which the injury or damage is sustained.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Personal actions, except as otherwise provided, must be brought in a county in which some of the defendants actually reside, but if neither of them have a residence in the state, they may be sued in any county in which either of them may be found.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“We are of the opinion that this is a personal action, and that the motion [for change of venue] should have been sustained. The plaintiff undoubtedly seeks to recover a judgment against [the defendant] on the ground of negligence. He clearly is not entitled to any relief unless he establishes the negligence alleged, and that he is entitled to damages. This, therefore, is a personal action against [the defendant].”
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.