Alexander v. Eeds

How courts have described this case

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

• “Reporting serious police misconduct or corruption is an activity with well-established protections.”
• “Reporting serious police misconduct or corruption is an activity with well-established protections.”
• “The form of these questions was clearly private, as they were not leaked to a reporter or sent to an elected state official.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Boudreaux v. Swift Transportation Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-03-04· cited 937×
• Andrew Leonard v. Stemtech International Inc
  Third Circuit· 2016-08-24· cited 167×
• Nixon v. City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-12-19· cited 81×
• Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. v. City of Lubbock
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-31· cited 29×
• Allen v. Coil Tubing Services, L.L.C.
  S.D. Texas· 2012-01-11· cited 23×
• Almond v. Tarver
  E.D. Texas· 2006-08-15· cited 17×
• Petrie v. City of Grapevine
  N.D. Texas· 2012-10-21· cited 14×
• Kostic v. Texas A & M University at Commerce
  N.D. Texas· 2014-03-31· cited 9×
• Carpenter v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
  N.D. Mississippi· 2011-08-10· cited 8×
• Duffie v. Wichita County
  N.D. Texas· 2013-12-31· cited 6×
• Penrod v. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
  S.D. Texas· 2011-11-15· cited 5×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Fitch
  S.D. Texas· 2011-07-22· cited 5×
• Lloyd v. Birkman
  W.D. Texas· 2015-09-02· cited 4×
• Richmond v. Coastal Bend College District
  S.D. Texas· 2012-08-01· cited 4×
• Brooks v. AAA Cooper Transportation
  S.D. Texas· 2011-03-18· cited 3×
• Tolan v. Cotton
  S.D. Texas· 2012-03-31· cited 3×
• Dc Chemical Co. Ltd. v. M/T St. Petri
  S.D. Texas· 2009-07-24· cited 2×
• Gonzales v. Autozoners, LLC
  S.D. Texas· 2012-03-16· cited 2×
• Goudeau v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
  M.D. Louisiana· 2012-07-31· cited 2×
• Shumpert v. Johnson
  N.D. Mississippi· 2009-04-20· cited 1×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• Rankin v. McPherson
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,766×
• Sharon Olabisiomotosho v. City of Houston City of Houston P. J. Bartlett K. L. Richards Rene Bertrand
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-29· cited 435×
• Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans
  Supreme Court· 1947-04-28· cited 334×
• Beattie v. Madison County School District
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-07-05· cited 263×
• Kinney v. Weaver
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-24· cited 226×
• Hernandez v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-31· cited 153×
• Don A. Brawner v. City of Richardson, Texas, L.F. Eudy, Richardson Police Department Director, and Kenneth Yarbrough, Chief of Police
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-18· cited 148×
• American Home Assurance Co. v. United Space Alliance, LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-07-29· cited 135×
• Branton v. City of Dallas
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-09· cited 126×
• Tompkins v. Vickers
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-07-25· cited 75×
• Foley v. Univ of Houston Sys
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-12-18· cited 72×
• Denton v. Morgan
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-23· cited 43×
• Ben Markos v. City of Atlanta, Texas Mike Dupree and Michael Ahrens
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-03-23· cited 42×
• Olufemi Anthony Lukan v. North Forest Isd, Gloria S. Scott, L v. Brisco
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-27· cited 38×