Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably In re the Care & Treatment of Ontiberos (2012), 44 Kan. App. 2d 817 - Merryfield v. State (2010)
40 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · Kansas v. Hendricks · Jackson v. Indiana
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shocking and intolerable conduct or continuing mistreatment of a constitutional stature.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The legislature finds that there exists an extremely dangerous group of sexually violent predators who have a mental abnormality or personality disorder and who are likely to engage in repeat acts of sexual violence if not treated for their mental abnormality or personality disorder. Because the existing civil commitment pro cedures . . . are inadequate to address tire special needs of sexually violent predators and the risks they present to society, the legislature determines that a separate involuntary civil commitment process for tire potentially long-term control, care and treatment of sexually violent predators is necessary. The legislature also determines that because of the nature of the mental abnormalities or personality disorders from which sexually violent predators suffer, and tire dangers they present, it is necessary to house involuntarily committed sexually violent predators in an environment separate from persons involuntarily committed under K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq. and amendments thereto.” K.S.A. 59-29a01.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f, on the face of the petition, it can be established that petitioner is not entitled to relief, or if, from undisputed facts, or from incontrovertible facts, such as those recited in a court record, it appears, as a matter of law, no cause for granting a writ exists,”
3 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.