Johnson v. Odom’s Empirical Analysis
910 F.2d 1273 · 1990
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Butz v. Economou
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Johnson’s claim for relief rests on the allegations that the Department of Agriculture, through the named defendants, 1) encouraged péijured testimony to facilitate adjudicating him guilty of violating Louisi ana’s Pesticide Control laws and 2) singled him out for prosecution and revocation of his license using illegally obtained evidence. Such actions, if true, would violate Johnson’s due process rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We affirm the district court’s determination that 1) the defendants are not entitled to absolute immunity status and 2) a material issue of fact exists as to the defendants’ claims for qualified immunity making summary judgment improper.”
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.