Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · Almanza v. State · Spence v. State of Washington · Street v. New York
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly desecrates: ... (3) A state or national flag. (b) For purposes of this section, "desecrate" means deface, damage, or otherwise physically mistreat in a way that the actor knows will seriously offend one or more persons likely to observe or discover his action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State · Texas v. Johnson“the bulk of the State's argument was premised on Johnson's culpability as a sole actor,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Texas v. Johnson
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.