Johnson v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
851 F.2d 233 · 1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently May 2024
4 federal appellate ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969)
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Allen v. Wright · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · Sierra Club v. Morton
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ppellant has not put before us a 'Case' or 'Controversy'. Inferences concerning the uncertain and indefinite effects of the nation's strategic defense policy are, at best, speculative. Such allegations fail to establish standing.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Chain · Johnson v. Chain“that the relief requested will redress the injury claimed.'”
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.