Ballard v. Carlson

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that courts have “the power to order dismissal of an action for failure to comply with court orders’
• holding that district court’s dismissal following an explicit and reasonable warning was not an abuse of discretion
• holding that district court’s dismissal following an explicit and reasonable warning was not an abuse of discretion
• recognizing that courts have the authority to order dismissal of an action for failure to comply with court orders
• holding that district court’s dismissal following an explicit and reasonable warning was not an abuse of discretion
• holding that district court’s dismissal following an explicit and reasonable warning was not an abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mark A. Ball v. City of Chicago and Alfred S. Schultz, Individually and as Agent of the City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-09-16· cited 265×
• Ballard v. Carlson
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-08-10· cited 157×
• Zaczek v. Fauquier County, Va.
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-05-20· cited 49×
• Somers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-06· cited 45×
• Lewis v. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE
  E.D. Virginia· 2006-01-17· cited 29×
• John Pete Perdue, Jr. v. B. L. Penalosa, Physician, Portsmouth City Jail Zabo Correction Food Service Portsmouth City Jail
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-10-13· cited 17×
• Vosburgh v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
  S.D. West Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 10×
• Tinsley v. Quick & Reilly, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-02-09· cited 3×
• Saudi v. Northrop Grumman Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 2004-04-06· cited 3×
• Taylor v. Oak Forest Health & Rehabilitation, LLC
  M.D. North Carolina· 2014-09-09· cited 3×
• Sharyl Attkisson v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-03-21· cited 2×
• Boone v. Commissioner of Social Security
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-10-18· cited 1×
• Porter v. Guarino
  M.D. North Carolina· 2004-08-05· cited 1×
• Steven Moxley v. Edward W. Murray
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-13
• Daniel Marion Schroyer v. L. T. Lester Marci Ornealas Tein Duc Ngyen, Jane Smith Nurse Black Nurse Hines Nurse Plummer Nurse Dutmuhumer
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-20
• Daniel Marion Schroyer v. Officer Whittle, Greensville Correctional Center Officer, Individually and in Her Capacities as an Officer of Doc
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-14
• Richard T. Tharpe v. David K. Mapp, Jr., Sheriff Norfolk City Jail
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-21
• No. 93-7094
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-04-19
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-05-20
• Melvin Wayne Martin v. Lieutenant Alan R. Buzzard Officer Patterson Officer Pugh
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-01-06

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Haines v. Kerner
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-22· cited 26,103×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Davis v. Williams
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-11-30· cited 370×
• Chandler Leasing Corporation v. Dr. Clemenceau J. Lopez Dr. Ralph F. Meinhardt D/B/A Bladen Surgical Center
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-01-22· cited 241×
• Richard W. Spence v. Hal Farrier
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-12-24· cited 124×
• Lorain Tolliver v. Northrop Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-03-14· cited 109×

Other cases named Ballard v. Carlson

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Ballard v. Carlson
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-08-10· cited 157×
• Ballard v. Carlson
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-01-04