Angela Orr v. Eric Copeland

How courts have described this case

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

• “Conclusory allegations and denials, speculation, improbable inferences, unsubstantiated assertions, and legalistic argumentation are all insufficient to overcome immunity.”
• good-faith assertion of qualified immunity “alters the usual summary-judgment burden of proof, shifting it to the plaintiff to show that the defense is not available.”
• containing Exhibit O to R. Doc. 102

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Fifth Circuit· 2020-11-20· cited 308×
• Kenneth Ratliff v. Aransas County, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-01-15· cited 142×
• Batyukova v. Doege
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-04-21· cited 82×
• Sonia Garcia v. Wesley Blevins
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-04-30· cited 77×
• Hulett v. City of Syracuse
  N.D. New York· 2017-05-30· cited 59×
• Arthur Mitchell v. City of Naples
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-07-10· cited 36×
• Parker v. LeBlanc
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-07-17· cited 15×
• Eric Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-08-09· cited 13×
• Garcia v. Orta
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-08-25· cited 13×
• Spiller v. Harris County
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-08-30· cited 12×
• Gutierrez-Soto v. Sessions
  W.D. Texas· 2018-07-10· cited 7×
• Lori Wash. ex rel. J.W. v. Katy Indep. Sch. Dist.
  S.D. Texas· 2019-06-05· cited 4×
• Clarence Roy v. City of Monroe
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-02-14
• City of Paintsville v. Paula M. Haney, as Personal Representative of Estate of Donald Prater, Jr.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2025-08-14
• Norman v. Ingle
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-08-15
• Tuttle v. Gallegos
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-06-29

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Pearson v. Callahan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
• Scott v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-30· cited 13,305×
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• Forsyth v. Barr
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-04-20· cited 1,355×
• Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-06-10· cited 1,324×
• Gobert v. Caldwell
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-29· cited 784×
• Deville v. Marcantel
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-05-01· cited 631×
• LeMaire v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-02-27· cited 550×
• TIG Insurance v. Sedgwick James of Washington
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-09· cited 535×
• Roger Poole v. City of Shreveport
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-08-16· cited 362×
• Freeman v. Gore
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-03· cited 360×
• Moore v. Willis Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-12-01· cited 233×
• Manis v. Lawson
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-10-16· cited 218×
• Ontiveros v. City of Rosenberg, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-03-30· cited 195×
• Palmer v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-10-19· cited 184×