Johnson v. Orr’s Empirical Analysis
551 F.3d 564 · 2008
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Apex Digital, Inc. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (2009), Carr v. Tillery (2010)
10 federal appellate ·
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 15 U.S.C. § 1702 · 15 U.S.C. § 1703 · 28 U.S.C. § 1341 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · Hibbs Director Arizona Department of Revenue v. Winn et al. · Long v. Shorebank Development Corp. · Gammon v. GC Services Ltd. Partnership · Ritter v. Ross
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he district courts shall not enjoin, suspend or restrain the assessment, levy or collection of any tax under State law where a plain, speedy and efficient remedy may be had in the courts of such State.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the TIA applies only to suits seeking injunctive relief, suits for damages that seek to reduce state tax revenue are barred 'by the free-standing principle of comity.'”
2 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.