Johnson v. Burken’s Empirical Analysis
930 F.2d 1202 · 1991
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 11 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation (1997), Williams v. Commissioner (1993)
39 federal appellate · 11 district · 5 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446
Relies on Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain · Smith v. Sperling · Katz v. Carte Blanche Corp. · Ex Parte Charles Sibbald v. The United States
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“summary in character, made often on a scanty record, and not entitled to the weight of a decision made after plenary submission.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he text of § 1292(b) requires that resolution of a 'controlling question of law ... may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation.' This is not a difficult requirement to understand. It means that resolution of a controlling legal question would serve to avoid a trial or otherwise substantially shorten the litigation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“even though its decision might not lead to reversal on appeal, if interlocutory reversal might save time for the district court, and time and expense for the litigants.” Id. at 1206 . 16 . With respect to the second factor,”
2 later decisions 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.