Johnson v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently February 2022
2 federal appellate · 20 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 Wolff v. McDonnell · Bounds v. Smith · Jackson v. Independent School District No. 16 · Fiedler v. Fiedler · Love v. Weeks
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Article 2, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma provides in pertinent part: "The courts of justice of the State shall be open to every person, and speedy and certain remedy afforded for every wrong and for every injury to person, property, or reputation . .. ." Inasmuch as appellant was unable to testify because he was imprisoned, we conclude that the judge had discretion to depose appellant under the provisions of 12 O.S.Supp. 1982 §§ 3204 and 3209 and 12 O.S. 1981 § 397. The judge could have ordered appellant's testimony be taken by deposition upon written questions under 12 O.S.Supp. 1982 § 3208 (A), by deposition taken by telephone under 12 O.S.Supp. 1982 § 3207 (C)(7), or that a deposition upon oral examination be recorded by other than stenographic means under 12 O.S.Supp. 1982 § 3207 (C)(4). Hence, he abused such discretion and by so doing violated appellant's constitutional right of access to the courts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The courts of justice of the State shall be open to every person, and speedy and certain remedy afforded for every wrong and for every injury to person, property, or reputation; and right and justice shall be administered without sale, denial, delay, or prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“- Id. Stated otherwise: While the intended purpose of § 1761 is to establish an informal court procedure with its sole object being to dispense”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Leding v. Furr
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.