State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Riverdale Heights Volunteer Fire Co. (1987), Graves v. State (2001)
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 Warden Lewisburg Penitentiary v. Marrero · United States v. Reisinger · Warden v. Marrero · 18 Cal. 3d 819 - Governing Board of Rialto Unified School District v. Mann · Janda v. General Motors Corp.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The repeal, or the repeal and reenactment, or the revision, amendment or consolidation of any statute, or of any section or part of a section of any statute, civil or criminal, shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify or change, in whole or in part, any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such statute, section or part thereof, unless the repealing, repealing and reenacting, revising, amending or consolidating act shall expressly so provide; and such statute, section or part thereof, so repealed, repealed and reenacted, revised, amended or consolidated, shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions, civil or criminal, for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions imposing, inflicting or declaring such penalty, forfeiture or liability.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Webster v. State · Waker v. State“as saving any penalty, forfeiture or liability incurred under a statute which is subsequently repealed or amended unless the repealing act expressly provides otherwise.” 13 . Rule 4-345(b) provides:”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The issue in this appeal from the judgment imposing sentence to be served following a revocation of probation is whether under the circumstances of this case the law existing at the time of the appeal is decided or the law existing at the time of trial is controlling.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waker v. State
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.