Johnson v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2,588 federal appellate · 62 district · 185 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5,139 later decisions (28 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009), Behrens v. Pelletier (1996)
2,588 federal appellate · 62 district · 185 state decisions — followed in 21 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
reviewedJones v. Johnson (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
Cited together with Mitchell v. Forsyth · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Behrens v. Pelletier · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
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 5,139 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a defendant, entitled to invoke a qualified-immunity defense, may not appeal a district court's summary judgment order insofar as that order determines whether or not the pretrial record sets forth a 'genuine' issue of fact for trial.”
101 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Carmen v. Boyd · Mencer v. Hammonds“determination that the evidence is sufficient to permit a particular finding of fact after trial.”
100 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Leonard Edmundson, Administrator of the Estate of James Richard Turnage, Deceased Alene Rouse Yelverton Robert Yelverton Craig Yelverton Karen Bennett Kathy Edmundson Libby Peele Erin Jannell Shirley, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian, Janice Stocks Janice Stocks, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Above v. Grayham Keesler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Daniel Peters, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department James P. Morgan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Police Chief of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Chester Hill, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Police Chief for the City of Goldsboro Police Department, and the City of Goldsboro Police Department City of Goldsboro, Leonard Edmundson, Administrator of the Estate of James Richard Turnage, Deceased Alene Rouse Yelverton Robert Yelverton Craig Yelverton Karen Bennett Kathy Edmundson Libby Peele Erin Jannell Shirley, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian, Janice Stocks Janice Stocks, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Above v. City of Goldsboro, and Grayham Keesler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Daniel Peters, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department James P. Morgan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Police Chief of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Chester Hill, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Police Chief for the City of Goldsboro Police Department the City of Goldsboro Police Department · Colston v. Barnhart“which facts a party may, or may not, be able to prove at trial.”
64 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leonard Edmundson, Administrator of the Estate of James Richard Turnage, Deceased Alene Rouse Yelverton Robert Yelverton Craig Yelverton Karen Bennett Kathy Edmundson Libby Peele Erin Jannell Shirley, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian, Janice Stocks Janice Stocks, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Above v. Grayham Keesler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Daniel Peters, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department James P. Morgan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Police Chief of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Chester Hill, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Police Chief for the City of Goldsboro Police Department, and the City of Goldsboro Police Department City of Goldsboro, Leonard Edmundson, Administrator of the Estate of James Richard Turnage, Deceased Alene Rouse Yelverton Robert Yelverton Craig Yelverton Karen Bennett Kathy Edmundson Libby Peele Erin Jannell Shirley, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian, Janice Stocks Janice Stocks, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Above v. City of Goldsboro, and Grayham Keesler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Daniel Peters, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the City of Goldsboro Police Department James P. Morgan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Police Chief of the City of Goldsboro Police Department Chester Hill, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Police Chief for the City of Goldsboro Police Department the City of Goldsboro Police Department · Vista Community Services v. Dean
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.