People v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Actual harm to the child need not result for liability under the statute to attach, it being sufficient that the defendant act in a manner which is likely to result in harm to the child, knowing of the likelihood of such harm coming to the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matthews v. Barr

2. “The Legislature specifically recognized that behavior that was likely to produce harm to a child's physical, mental or moral well-being fell within its sweep as long as the defendant was aware of its potential for harm to a child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matthews v. Barr

3. “the profound adverse effect on children who witness domestic violence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matthews v. Barr