Allen v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that conduct is not random and unauthorized for purposes of Parratt/Hud-son doctrine when defendants acted under power delegated by state
• Confiscation of items under the authority of a prison administrative directive is not a random, unauthorized act by a state employee.
• “Because the undisputed facts reveal that [the inmate’s] word processor and radio were confiscated under the authority of a prison administrative directive, the confiscation was not a random, unauthorized act by a state employee.”
• “Because the undisputed facts reveal that [the inmate’s] word processor and radio were confiscated under the authority of a prison administrative directive, the confiscation was not a random, unauthorized act by a state employee.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stotter v. University of Texas at San Antonio
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-11-05· cited 9×
• Tolan v. Cotton
  S.D. Texas· 2012-03-31· cited 3×
• No. 03-21208
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-10-07
• Christopher Karone Turner v. Vera S. Fox
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2013-10-24
• Gordon R. Simmonds v. TDCJ
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2010-02-24

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hudson v. Palmer
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-03· cited 8,014×
• Daniels v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 7,676×
• Parratt v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 6,693×
• Zinermon v. Burch
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 3,290×
• Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of Supervisors
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 851×
• Claude E. Woods v. Larry Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-08-15· cited 622×
• James L. Cain v. Michael P. Lane
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-10-07· cited 312×
• Ira Jackson, Jr. v. Dallas Police Department
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-10-17· cited 198×
• Robert W. Brooks v. George County, Mississippi, George County, Mississippi, Cross-Appellee, Wilbur Ward and Earl Koskela
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-05-16· cited 138×
• Rexford Kipps, Carol Kipps and Kyle Kipps v. James Caillier, Ray Authement, Nelson J. Schexnayder, Jr. And Nelson Stokley
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-01· cited 20×

Other cases named Allen v. Thomas

14 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Allen v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1860-10-20· cited 30×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-11-24· cited 28×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-12· cited 15×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-09-29· cited 9×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-24· cited 7×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2006-07-07· cited 3×
• Allen v. Thomas
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-11-24
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-19
• Allen v. Thomas
  District of Columbia· 1806-03-15
• Allen v. Thomas
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-11-25
• Allen v. Thomas
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia· 1806-03-15
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-08
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 2002-04-15
• Allen v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 2002-04-15