Basista v. Weir

How courts have described this case

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

• permitting punitive damages in § 1983 action absent claim for compensatory damages
• unreasonable and illegal arrest and use of excessive force in performance of official duties
• unreasonable and illegal arrest, use of excessive force in performing official duties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Carey v. Piphus
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-21· cited 3,438×
• Robertson v. Wegmann
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 729×
• Sostre v. McGinnis
  Second Circuit· 1971-02-24· cited 512×
• Searles v. Van Bebber
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-05-14· cited 245×
• Globus v. Law Research Service, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1969-09-08· cited 243×
• Gillibeau v. City of Richmond
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-10-13· cited 143×
• Nolvert P. SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, Etc. v. the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Et Al.
  Third Circuit· 1979-06-06· cited 136×
• Sostre v. Rockefeller
  S.D. New York· 1970-05-14· cited 95×
• Abner v. Kansas City Southern Railroad
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-01-02· cited 65×
• Jones v. Hildebrant
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 63×
• Russoli v. Salisbury Township
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-10-20· cited 57×
• Passantino v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-03-10· cited 50×
• Linda McCabe v. Nassau County Medical Center
  Second Circuit· 1971-12-23· cited 41×
• Delaney v. Dias
  D. Massachusetts· 1976-06-30· cited 30×
• Weider v. Hoffman
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1965-02-11· cited 27×
• Castellano v. Fragozo
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-20· cited 25×
• Burnham v. Department of Pub. Health of State of Ga.
  N.D. Georgia· 1972-08-04· cited 24×
• Wright v. McMann
  N.D. New York· 1966-08-31· cited 13×
• Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-09-03· cited 11×

Cites

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

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Beck v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 5,133×
• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Bell v. Hood
  Supreme Court· 1946-04-01· cited 4,157×
• Brown v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-17· cited 3,819×
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization
  Supreme Court· 1939-06-05· cited 2,178×
• United States v. Classic
  Supreme Court· 1941-10-13· cited 2,081×
• Screws v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1945-05-07· cited 2,023×
• United States v. Di Re
  Supreme Court· 1948-01-19· cited 1,525×
• Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1955-06-06· cited 1,049×
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-03· cited 954×
• Smith v. Allwright
  Supreme Court· 1944-06-12· cited 875×
• Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks
  Supreme Court· 1930-05-26· cited 511×
• Lane v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1939-05-22· cited 476×
• Tennessee v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1880-03-18· cited 383×
• Nixon v. Herndon
  Supreme Court· 1927-03-21· cited 329×
• Basista v. Weir
  Third Circuit· 1965-01-08· cited 327×
• Bruszewski v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1950-04-11· cited 287×
• Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Humes
  Supreme Court· 1885-12-07· cited 258×
• Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-01-30· cited 258×