Johnson v. Bell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that Rule 60(b) “is inherently equitable in nature,” and “empowers district courts to revise judgments when necessary to ensure their integrity”
• noting that a claim of fraud upon the court requires a showing that the court was deceived
• choosing to construe a notice of appeal as an application for a COA “rather than remand to enable petitioner to file an application for a COA”
• characterizing Rule 60(b) as “inherently equitable in nature”
• construing notice of appeal as application for COA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hattie Tanner v. Joan Yukins
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-01-20· cited 64×
• William Payton v. Ronald Davis
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-10-10· cited 38×
• Michael Williamson v. Recovery Limited Partnership
  Sixth Circuit· 2016-06-10· cited 23×
• Krietzburg v. Mucci (In re Mucci)
  D. New Mexico· 2013-01-22· cited 4×
• Joseph Reho, III v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 2022-11-14· cited 1×
• Johnson v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 2011-05-23
• Storey Mountain, LLC A/A/O First Horizon Bank v. ASHCO, Inc., PI Proprietors, LLC, Lock W. Ireland, and Florida Bank of Jacksonville
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-10-03

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Miller-El v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2003-02-25· cited 27,550×
• Kyles v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 6,003×
• California v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3,363×
• Gonzalez v. Crosby
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 3,107×
• Banks v. Dretke
  Supreme Court· 2004-02-24· cited 1,098×
• James R. Kincade v. Emmit L. Sparkman, Warden Commonwealth of Kentucky, Anthony L. Hereford v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-06-26· cited 429×
• Info-Hold, Inc. v. Sound Merchandising, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-08-18· cited 234×
• John Demjanjuk v. Joseph Petrovsky
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-02-24· cited 210×
• Demarkus Hodge v. Pat Hurley, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-10-12· cited 162×
• Bell v. Bell
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-01-04· cited 128×
• Akrawi v. Booker
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-07-10· cited 97×
• John Demjanjuk v. Joseph Petrovsky
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-10-31· cited 95×
• Ronald Post v. Margaret Bradshaw
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-09-13· cited 88×
• Carter v. Anderson
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-10-30· cited 61×
• State v. Johnson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-12-21· cited 56×
• United States v. Corey Hardin
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-03-20· cited 53×
• State v. Hicks
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-03-23· cited 43×
• Donnie E. Johnson v. Ricky Bell
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 25×