Robinson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
313 F.3d 128 · 2002
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 22 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 210 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2022 · most notably In re Cline (2008), Borges v. Gonzales (2005)
46 federal appellate · 22 district · 2 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 Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Felker v. Turpin · Oshiver v. Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman · Angie Chesser v. Amos Sparks · Miller v. New Jersey State Department of Corrections
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 210 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“parties should generally assert affirmative defenses early in litigation, so they may be ruled upon, prejudice may be avoided, and judicial resources may be conserved.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Affirmative defenses must be raised as early as practicable, not only to avoid prejudice, but also to promote judicial economy. If a party has a successful affirmative defense, raising that defense as early as possible, and permitting a court to rule on it, may terminate the proceedings at that point without wasting precious legal and judicial resources.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review; (B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the applicant was prevented from filing by such State action; (C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if the right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or (D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Long v. Wilson
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.