Brennan v. Hobson

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant entitled to dismissal on qualified immunity plea unless plaintiff states a claim of violation of clearly established law
• “predicate acts” for section 1962’s first three subsections include only “racketeering activity” as described in section 1961(1)
• absolute immunity is not \a mere defense to liability\; its \essence\ is \its possessor's entitlement not to have to ... stand trial or face the other burdens of litigation \
• defendant entitled to dismissal on qualified immunity plea unless plaintiff states a claim of violation of clearly established law
• absolute immunity is not “a mere defense to liability”; its “essence” is “its possessor’s entitlement not to have to ... stand trial or face the other burdens of litigation ”
• \Harlow ... purged qualified immunity doctrine of its subjective components\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Patsy Carolyn POE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donnie HAYDON, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-07-28· cited 384×
• Russell C. Larson v. Northrop Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-04-29· cited 145×
• Virgo v. Lyons
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-27· cited 134×
• Robert F. Davis v. James Grusemeyer, Raymond Gurak, Donald Yingling, David v. Brody, and Charles E. Waldron
  Third Circuit· 1993-06-08· cited 98×
• Martin v. Consultants & Administrators, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-06-18· cited 77×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1997-08-12· cited 74×
• Robinson v. Bibb
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-02-26· cited 64×
• Sattler v. Bailey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-11-30· cited 51×
• Pope v. Bond
  District of Columbia· 1986-08-05· cited 32×
• Martin v. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-02-10· cited 32×
• Truck Drivers & Helpers Union, Local No. 170 v. National Labor Relations Board, Girardi Distributors, Inc., Intervenor
  First Circuit· 1993-05-26· cited 30×
• National Commodity & Barter Ass'n v. Archer
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-08-04· cited 30×
• Foltz v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 1987-06-22· cited 27×
• Liu v. New York City Police Department
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-06-13· cited 25×
• Orlikow v. United States
  District of Columbia· 1988-01-19· cited 21×
• Robinson v. Bibb
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-05-03· cited 16×
• Beran v. United States
  District of Columbia· 1991-03-18· cited 15×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-05-08· cited 12×
• Richardson v. U.S. Department of Interior
  District of Columbia· 1990-06-12· cited 12×
• Hobson v. Brennan
  District of Columbia· 1985-12-16· cited 12×