Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 339th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 287 · 21 U.S.C. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act)
Relies on United States v. Halper · Austin v. United States · Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch · United States v. One Single Family Residence Located at 18755 North Bay Road · United States v. Millan
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'overwhelmingly disproportionate to the damages appellant caused'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Davis
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.