Johnsrud v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
620 F.2d 29 · 1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 33 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 138 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Kehr Packages, Inc. v. Fidelcor, Inc. (1991), Airco Industrial Gases Inc Division of the Boc Group Inc v. Teamsters Health and Welfare Pension Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity (1988)
12 federal appellate · 33 district ·
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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Baker v. Carr · Bell v. Hood · McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Powell v. McCormack
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In appraising the sufficiency of the complaint we follow, of course, the accepted rule that a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a federal court reviews the sufficiency of a complaint, before the reception of any evidence either by affidavit or admissions, its task is necessarily a limited one. The issue is not whether a plaintiff will ultimately prevail but whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support the claims. Indeed it may appear on the face of the pleadings that a recovery is very remote and unlikely but that is not the test. Moreover, it is well established that, in passing on a motion to dismiss, whether on the ground of lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter or for failure to state a cause of action, the allegations of the complaint should be construed favorably to the pleader.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The abolition of sovereign immunity in § 702 is not limited to suits 'under the Administrative Procedure Act'; the abolition applies to every 'action in a court of the United States seeking relief other than money damages ...' No words of § 702 and no words of the legislative history provide any restriction to suits 'under' the APA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Specter
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.