Clay L. Shaw v. Jim Garrison

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• noting that this is “not an attempt to sue under the civil rights statutes for deprivation of another’s constitutional rights” and that “[s]uch suits are impermissible.”
• examining Louisiana law on the survivability of an action following plaintiff’s death in § 1983 action
• § 1983 claim survives plaintiff's death after suit was brought even though it would abate under applicable state law
• § 1983 claim survives plaintiff’s death after suit was brought even though it would abate under applicable state law

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Cited by

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

• Robertson v. Wegmann
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 729×
• Coon v. Ledbetter
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-16· cited 133×
• McAndrew v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-03-08· cited 132×
• Beard v. Robinson
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-09-28· cited 111×
• Merry Shipping, Inc. v. Merry Shipping Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-13· cited 92×
• Jones v. Hildebrant
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 63×
• Wardell Giles v. Gary Campbell
  Third Circuit· 2012-10-16· cited 47×
• Calvin INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STEVEN ROBERT CORPORATION Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-03-04· cited 46×
• Willie Dobson v. D.R. Camden
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-05-26· cited 43×
• Tinsley v. Palo Alto Unified School District
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-04-13· cited 39×
• Sager v. City of Woodland Park
  D. Colorado· 1982-06-30· cited 32×
• Guyton v. Phillips
  N.D. California· 1981-12-18· cited 30×
• Sanchez v. Marquez
  D. Colorado· 1978-09-20· cited 23×
• Smith v. Dooley
  W.D. Louisiana· 1984-07-23· cited 22×
• Poirier v. Hodges
  M.D. Florida· 1978-02-02· cited 21×
• Kimble v. D. J. McDuffy, Inc.
  E.D. Louisiana· 1978-01-24· cited 17×
• Brooks v. Flagg Brothers, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1977-04-07· cited 13×
• Albert H. Carter v. Parvin Romines, Marion Thomas, and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Crittenden County, Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-12-01· cited 13×
• Triplett v. Azordegan
  N.D. Iowa· 1977-10-12· cited 12×
• Dyer v. Merry Shipping Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-13· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• Bell v. Hood
  Supreme Court· 1946-04-01· cited 4,157×
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-03· cited 2,816×
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-08· cited 1,399×
• Moor v. County of Alameda
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 1,302×
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 1,104×
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1969-12-15· cited 759×
• Basista v. Weir
  Third Circuit· 1965-01-08· cited 327×
• Just v. Chambers
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-31· cited 319×
• O'Sullivan v. Felix
  Supreme Court· 1914-04-13· cited 267×
• Hattie Brazier v. W. B. Cherry
  Fifth Circuit· 1961-07-28· cited 226×
• Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-01· cited 190×
• Charles Baker v. F & F Investment, Sidney Clark v. Universal Builders, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1970-03-05· cited 144×
• Detroit Vital Foods, Inc. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-10-12· cited 128×
• Bill Ransom v. Frances Hugh Brennan, of the Estate of William J. Brennan,deceased
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-01-11· cited 126×
• Cox v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-10· cited 108×
• Clay L. Shaw v. Jim Garrison, Individually, and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-11-20· cited 101×
• Father John J. O'Malley v. Joseph R. Brierley, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh
  Third Circuit· 1973-04-30· cited 98×
• Barnes Coal Corp. v. Retail Coal Merchants Ass'n
  Fourth Circuit· 1942-05-29· cited 87×

Other cases named Clay L. Shaw v. Jim Garrison

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Clay L. Shaw v. Jim Garrison
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-03-26