Johnson v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
943 F.2d 15 · 1991
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Lee v. City of Chicago (2003), Del Raine v. Williford (1994)
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Paul v. Davis · Bishop v. Wood · Wisconsin v. Constantineau · Ratliff v. City of Milwaukee
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he was stigmatized by the defendant's conduct, (2) the stigmatizing information was publicly disclosed, and (3) he suffered a tangible loss of other employment opportunities as a result of public disclosure.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A complaint should not be dismissed 'unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he mere existence of damaging information in Johnson's personnel file cannot give rise to a due process challenge.”
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.