Johnson v. Sawyer’s Empirical Analysis
4 F.3d 369 · 1993
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably Johnson v. Sawyer (1997), Johnson v. Sawyer (1995)
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 1905 · 26 U.S.C. § 6103 · 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 26 U.S.C. § 7217 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2674 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Basic Inc. v. Levinson · TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(f) Involvement in certain legal proceedings. Describe any of the following events that occurred during the past five years and that are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of any director, person nominated to become a director or executive officer of the registrant; (2) Such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); ...” 17 C.F.R. § 229.401 (f). The same requirements are all applicable to proxy statements, and these too must be filed with the SEC. 17 C.F.R. §§ 240 .14a-3(a); 240.-14a-6; 240.14a-101, Item 7(b). Shareholders must receive proxy statements and annual reports at the same time each year. 17 C.F.R. § 240 .14a-3(b). We, of course, take judicial notice of federal regulations. See, e.g., McCormick on Evidence § 335 at 939 (3d ed. 1984). Similarly, Texas law required (and requires) corporate franchise tax reports to disclose at least annually "the name, title, and mailing address of each director and officer of the corporation” "which the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall forward to the Secretary of State to be available for public inspection.” See former V.A.T.C.S., Title 122A, Taxation-General, Art. 12.12 (now contained in Texas Tax Code §§ 171.203(a)(3) & (c) and 171.207(2)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Johnson v. Sawyer““INSURANCE EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN TAX CASE GALVESTON, TEXAS — In U.S. District Court here, Apr. 10, Elvis E. Johnson, 59, plead [sic] guilty to a charge of federal tax evasion. Judge Hugh Gibson sentenced Johnson, of 25 Adler Circle, to a six-month suspended prison term and one year supervised probation. Johnson, an executive vice-president for the American National Insurance Corporation, was charged in a criminal information with claiming false business deductions and altering documents involving his 1974 and 1975 income tax returns. In addition to the sentence, Johnson will be required to pay back taxes, plus penalties and interest.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Johnson v. Sawyer““True, several items contained in the press releases (Johnson’s first and last name, the guilty plea to one count of tax evasion, the sentence imposed, and the fact that he was an executive with American National) were part of the trial record. But several other items contained in those releases (Johnson’s middle initial — he was known as ‘E.E’, his age, his home address in Galveston, and his official job title with American National) were neither discussed at his arraignment [ ] or sentencing [n]or placed in any public record.” Johnson v. Sawyer, 4 F.3d at 381 (footnote omitted). 34”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Johnson v. Sawyer
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.