Johnson v. Glick’s Empirical Analysis
481 F.2d 1028 · 1973
Citation profile
621 federal appellate · 138 district · 54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,483 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Graham v. Connor (1989), Parratt v. Taylor (1981)
621 federal appellate · 138 district · 54 state decisions — followed in 22 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Monroe v. Pape · Furman v. Georgia · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Rochin v. People of California
Cited together with Lee v. Texas · Graham v. Connor · Whitley v. Albers · Rochin v. People of California · Estelle v. Gamble
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 1,483 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether force was applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline or maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.”
260 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“quite apart from any 'specific' of the Bill of Rights, application of undue force by law enforcement officers deprives a suspect of liberty without due process of law.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“although a spontaneous attack by a guard is 'cruel' and, we hope, 'unusual,' it does not fit any ordinary concept of 'punishment.'”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ivey v. Wilson · Dillon 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.