Johnson v. Bredesen’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.3d 742 · 2010
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3663 · 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (§ 204 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Papasan v. Allain · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Mullaney v. Wilbur
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a class of less wealthy individuals is not a suspect class,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Fowler v. Benson · Thomas v. Haslam“[t]he legislature may have been concerned, for instance, that a specific exemption for indigent felons would provide an incentive to conceal assets and would result in the state being unable to compel payments from some non-indigent felons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. Haslam · Thomas v. Haslam“First, and most fundamentally, the re-enfranchisement law at issue does not deny or abridge any rights; it only restores them.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Thomas v. Haslam · Thomas v. Haslam
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.