Johnson v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis
477 F.2d 101 · 1973
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently June 2015
10 federal appellate · 6 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Bell v. Hood · Pierson v. Ray · Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · Jones v. Illinois ex rel. Electoral Board · Whirl v. Kern
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * the courts have generally held that where the acts of a defendant constitute an intentional tort or reckless misconduct, as distinguished from mere negligence, the aggravated nature of his action is a matter which should be taken into account in determining whether there is a sufficient relationship between the wrong and plaintiff's harm to render *Page 610 the actor liable. Specifically, the factors to be taken into account are the tort feasor's intention to commit a wrongful act, the degree of his moral wrong in so acting, and the seriousness of the harm intended."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he tort feasor (sic) in a false imprisonment action may be liable for damages which are not anticipated, apprehended or foreseen, so long as they are natural and probable or direct consequences of the intentional tort.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hibma v. Odegaard“a willful or intentional tort feasor (sic) does not become an insurer of the safety of those whom he has wronged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hibma v. Odegaard
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.