Johnson v. Parrish’s Empirical Analysis
827 F.2d 988 · 1987
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably Cline v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (1998), Atlas Food Systems and Services Incorporated v. Crane National Vendors Incorporated (1996)
23 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Hanna v. Plumer · Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co. · Ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Yeatts
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'against the clear weight of the evidence, or is based upon evidence which is false, or will result in a miscarriage of justice.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Johnson has unquestionably suffered some degree of permanent impairment. Furthermore, he was entitled under West Virginia law to recover for pain and suffering as well as the mental anguish attendant to an apprehension of death. Nevertheless, the district court clearly had a substantial justification for finding the award of $150,000 to be a product of passion and prejudice. Johnson’s actual medical expenses have been relatively minimal and his injuries comparatively slight. There was no loss of income shown at the first trial and no competent evidence presented with regard to a diminution of future earning capacity. Although we might disagree with the district court’s conclusion, we cannot conclude that it was an abuse of discretion to grant a new trial on the issue of damages.”
1 later decision 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.