Price v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
334 U.S. 266 · 1948
Citation profile
1,340 federal appellate · 260 district · 546 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,245 later decisions (122 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably Faretta v. California (1975), Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)
1,340 federal appellate · 260 district · 546 state decisions — followed in 43 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 377
Relies on Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · Mooney v. Holohan · Hopt v. People of the Territory of Utah
Cited together with United States v. Hayman · Sanders v. United States · Bell v. Wolfish · Wolff v. McDonnell · Pell v. Procunier
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 3,245 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Lawful incarceration brings about the necessary withdrawal or limitation of many privileges and rights, a retraction justified by the considerations underlying our penal system.”
105 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * even if it is found that petitioner did have prior knowledge of all the facts concerning the allegation in question, it does not necessarily follow that the fourth petition should be dismissed without further opportunity to amend the pleadings or without holding a hearing. If called upon, petitioner may be able to present adequate reasons for not making the allegation earlier. * * * And if for some justifiable reason he was previously unable to assert his rights or was unaware of the significance of relevant facts, it is neither necessary nor reasonable to deny him all opportunity of obtaining judicial relief.””
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a legislatively approved source of procedural instruments designed to achieve 'the rational ends of law,'”
10 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.