Johnson v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis
943 F.2d 104 · 1991
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 53 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Walker v. Thompson (2002), Centro Medico del Turabo, Inc. v. Feliciano de Melecio (2005)
37 federal appellate · 53 district · 6 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. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Estelle v. Gamble · Kentucky v. Graham · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Neitzke v. Williams
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[i]t is well settled beyond peradventure ... that neither a state agency nor a state official acting in his official capacity may be sued for damages in a § 1983 action.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“law was clear that, when Congress had not established a time limitation for a federal cause of action, a local limitations period was to be adopted as federal law so long as it was not inconsistent with federal law or policy to do so.... That practice demanded the application of state personal injury statutes of limitations in [civil rights] suits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , an aggrieved individual may sue persons who, acting under color of state law, abridge rights, immunities, or privileges created by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
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.