Dahlberg v. Becker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “mere invocation” of state legal procedures does not amount to state action under § 1983
• private parties’ violation of a valid state law’s notice provision leading to plaintiff’s arrest and imprisonment does not constitute state action
• “[T]he mere invocation . . . of New York’s legal procedures does not constitute joint participation so as to satisfy the statutory requirement under § 1983 that there be a state actor.”
• charge that wife filed false affidavit to secure husband’s arrest does not establish a common scheme with state judges and sheriff to violate husband’s constitutional rights where no evidence shows that state officials were aware of problem with affidavit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sykes v. Bank of America
  Second Circuit· 2013-07-24· cited 1,352×
• Washington v. James
  Second Circuit· 1986-02-03· cited 157×
• Richard v. Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-12-19· cited 91×
• Dove v. Fordham University
  S.D. New York· 1999-06-14· cited 71×
• Missere v. Gross
  S.D. New York· 2011-03-31· cited 64×
• Patton v. Dole
  Second Circuit· 1986-11-19· cited 57×
• Young v. Suffolk County
  E.D. New York· 2010-04-09· cited 54×
• Moll v. US Life Title Ins. Co. of New York
  S.D. New York· 1988-12-05· cited 36×
• Hough v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1991-02-15· cited 31×
• Johnson v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-12· cited 31×
• Orraca v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1995-09-08· cited 22×
• North Jersey Secretarial School, Inc. v. McKiernan
  S.D. New York· 1989-04-03· cited 20×
• Follette v. Vitanza
  N.D. New York· 1987-03-27· cited 20×
• Presser v. Key Food Stores Cooperative, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2003-10-20· cited 19×
• Music Deli & Groceries, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service
  S.D. New York· 1991-12-27· cited 18×
• Ahmed v. Trupin
  S.D. New York· 1992-01-09· cited 18×
• Wright v. National Bank of Stamford
  N.D. New York· 1985-01-02· cited 18×
• Tarr v. Credit Suisse Asset Management, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1997-04-11· cited 17×
• Blank v. Pollack
  N.D. New York· 1996-02-09· cited 16×
• Merola v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1988-02-12· cited 13×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-25· cited 4,631×
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-12-23· cited 2,489×
• Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-15· cited 2,370×
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 1,835×
• Dennis v. Sparks
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-17· cited 1,661×
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 1,122×
• United States v. Price
  Supreme Court· 1966-04-04· cited 1,112×
• Marsh v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1946-01-28· cited 1,049×
• Terry v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 1953-06-15· cited 629×
• Robert J. Fine v. The City of New York, Anthony Saladino
  Second Circuit· 1975-12-31· cited 472×
• Bell v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 326×
• Robert Allen Howerton, and Roxanna Howerton v. Jess Gabica and Marjorie Gabica
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-05-10· cited 224×
• Dahlberg v. Becker
  Second Circuit· 1984-11-09· cited 143×
• Dahlberg v. Becker
  N.D. New York· 1984-01-03· cited 12×