Aristotle P. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably Young v. County of Fulton (1998), Morgan v. Parents of M.M. (1993)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 671 (§ 471 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 675 (§ 475 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · City of Canton v. Harris · Kentucky v. Graham · Buckley v. Valeo
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]hildren['s] relationships with their siblings are the sort of ‘intimate human relationships' that are afforded”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“much in the nature of a contract: in return for federal funds, the States agree to comply with federally imposed conditions. The legitimacy of Congress’ power to legislate under the spending power thus rests on whether the State voluntarily and knowingly accepts the terms of the ‘contract.’ ... [Thus,] if Congress intends to impose a condition on the grant of federal moneys, it must do so unambiguously.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`to be free from unreasonable and unnecessary intrusions upon their physical and emotional well-being, while directly or indirectly in state custody, and to be provided by the state with adequate food, shelter, clothing and medical care'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.