Johnson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
575 F.3d 1079 · 2009
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Johnson v. Riebesell (2009), Chizzali v. Gindi (2011)
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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 11 U.S.C. § 349 · 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 28 U.S.C. § 158 · 28 U.S.C. § 1927
Relies on Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · State v. Simpson · Budget Service Co. v. Better Homes of Virginia, Inc. · Smith v. Commercial Banking 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is the central provision of the Bankruptcy Code”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chizzali v. Gindi · In re Fontaine“must have the power to compensate victims of violations of the automatic stay and punish the violators, even after the conclusion of the underlying bankruptcy case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n individual injured by any willful violation of a stay provided by this section shall recover actual damages, including costs and attorney's fees, and, in appropriate circumstances, may recover punitive damages.”
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.