Briggs v. Marshall

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that nominal damages may be awarded in a Fourth Amendment excessive force case where no injury resulted from the use of excessive force, where the evidence of actual injury is not credible, or where the injury has no monetary value
• nominal damage instruction inappropriate when there is no dispute as to whether plaintiff suffered a provable injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Amato v. City of Saratoga Springs
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-15· cited 141×
• John A. Hyde v. Daniel Small and Bill Hedgepath
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-08-15· cited 47×
• Jaffee v. Redmond
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-04-20· cited 21×
• Smart Marketing Group Inc. v. Publications International Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-10-28· cited 19×
• Ermine v. City of Spokane
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 18×
• Michael Kingsley v. Stan Hendrickson
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-03-03· cited 12×
• Petit v. City of Chicago
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-09-11· cited 5×
• Bedenfield v. Shultz
  N.D. Illinois· 2003-07-18· cited 2×
• Diaz Rivera v. Rivera Rodriguez
  D. Puerto Rico· 2003-02-26· cited 2×
• Vicki Westcott v. Joseph C. Crinklaw
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-01-09· cited 1×
• Lockhart-Bembery v. Town of Wayland Police Department
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-07-11
• Insight Terminal Solutions v. Cecelia Fin. Mgmt.
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-08-25

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Farrar v. Hobby
  Supreme Court· 1992-12-14· cited 3,072×
• William McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-11-24· cited 384×
• Susie Hebron v. Catherine Touhy and Albert Parks
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-28· cited 87×
• James E. Niehus and Denise Niehus, Cross-Appellants v. Vince Liberio and Frank Vittorio, Cross-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-08-20· cited 84×
• Gibeau v. Nellis
  Second Circuit· 1994-02-28· cited 67×
• Butler v. Dowd
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-11-11· cited 64×
• Briggs v. Marshall
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-08-15· cited 63×
• Richard E. Maul v. Dr. Evan Constan, Anthony A. Metzcus and Richard Gore
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-05-05· cited 59×
• Jackie Wilson v. James K. Williams
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-07-15· cited 59×
• James Eric Johnson and Jerry M. Croker v. Lafayette Fire Fighters Association Local 472, International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio-Clc
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-04-05· cited 57×
• Keith Haywood v. Richard Koehler, Captain Garcia, Captain Small
  Second Circuit· 1996-03-18· cited 56×
• Keith Howard v. C.O. II Barnett, C.C.O. I Johnson C.O. I Malone
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-04-22· cited 53×
• Michael J. Winger v. Susan M. Winger
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-04-15· cited 45×
• Will Holmes v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-16· cited 39×
• Nicholas Stachniak v. Louis P. Hayes and Susan Srch, Nicholas Stachniak v. Village of Oak Brook, Police Department, Louis P. Hayes, Susan Srch
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-03-19· cited 38×
• O.K. Sand & Gravel, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. Martin Marietta Technologies, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-16· cited 29×
• Tanya Libby, by Her Father and Next Friend, Charles F. Libby v. Illinois High School Association
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-12-13· cited 27×