Johnston v. Jago’s Empirical Analysis
691 F.2d 283 · 1982
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently July 2009 · most notably Mary Beth v. City of Chicago Tikalsky (1983), Posada v. Lamb County (1983)
45 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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
Relies on Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Maher v. Gagne · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Ohio State Board of Education v. Reed
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff must demonstrate that his or her lawsuit was causally related to securing the relief obtained.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of [42 U.S.C.] sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 ... the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.””
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) “plaintiff must demonstrate that his or her lawsuit was causally related to securing the relief obtained. This determination is factual.” (2) “plaintiff must establish a minimum basis in law for the relief secured.” Although this inquiry is legal, a full trial on the merits is not required. “Rather, the trial court need only consider whether plaintiff’s claim is ‘frivolous, unreasonable or groundless’.” Id at 286. The Sixth Circuit opined that this test strikes the proper balance between rewarding the filing of wholly frivolous lawsuits on the one extreme and, on the other extreme, withholding fees unless the plaintiff’s claim is fully evaluated on the merits. Id at 286.”
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.