Doe v. Chao

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a district court has discretion to refuse supplemental evidence not put before a magistrate judge
• explaining that a Bivens action cannot be brought against a federal agency or federal agents in their official capacities
• affirming district court’s denial of class certification because the class members’ “emotional damages [were] likely to be so variable and fact-specific that damages issues overwhelm liability”
• “[A] Bivens action does not lie against either agencies or officials in their official capacity.”
• “[A] Bivens action does not lie against . . . officials in their official capacity.” (emphasis omitted)
• “[A] Bivens action does not lie against . . . officials in their official capacity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Krakauer v. Dish Network, L. L.C.
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-05-30· cited 219×
• Quinton Brown v. Nucor Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-05-11· cited 131×
• Doe v. Chao
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-12-28· cited 111×
• James Samples v. David Ballard
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-06-23· cited 82×
• Brown v. Nucor Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-08-07· cited 79×
• Mulhern v. Gates
  District of Columbia· 2007-12-04· cited 58×
• Sandra Peters v. Aetna Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-06-22· cited 55×
• Buck Doe, and Robert Doe Tays Doe Otis Doe Thomas Doe Joe Doe Charles Doe Dick Doe v. Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-01-24· cited 45×
• Van Alstyne v. Electronic Scriptorium, Ltd.
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-03-18· cited 39×
• Casale v. Kelly
  S.D. New York· 2009-06-01· cited 35×
• Harris v. Blue Ridge Health Servs., Inc.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2019-06-21· cited 29×
• Caldwell v. Jackson
  M.D. North Carolina· 2010-05-20· cited 27×
• In re Sadia, S.A. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2010-07-20· cited 26×
• Fogarazzo v. Lehman Bros.
  S.D. New York· 2009-08-04· cited 25×
• Mark Guthrie v. PHH Mortgage Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-08-18· cited 23×
• Nix v. NASA Federal Credit Union
  D. Maryland· 2016-08-01· cited 22×
• Jacobs v. National Drug Intelligence Center
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-26· cited 19×
• Addison v. CMH Homes, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 2014-09-18· cited 19×
• Davenport v. Sallie Mae, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2015-06-05· cited 18×
• In Re Community Bank of Northern Virginia
  Third Circuit· 2010-09-22· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 4,884×
• Carey v. Piphus
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-21· cited 3,438×
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-22· cited 3,247×
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 1,691×
• Lane v. Pena
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-20· cited 1,626×
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.
  Supreme Court· 2002-02-19· cited 1,044×
• Time, Inc. v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 933×
• Library of Congress v. Shaw
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-01· cited 871×
• Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-22· cited 632×
• United States v. Sean Howell
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-10-31· cited 574×
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 415×
• Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-04· cited 356×
• Price v. City of Charlotte, North Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-09-03· cited 311×
• Hung P. Nguyen v. Cna Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-01-20· cited 292×
• United States v. Carolina Transformer Company Dewey Strother Kenneth Ray Strother Faytranco, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-11-03· cited 265×
• Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-08-19· cited 243×
• Cray Communications, Inc., Formerly Known as Dowty Communications, Incorporated v. Novatel Computer Systems, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-08-31· cited 215×
• Hudson v. Reno
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-12-04· cited 163×
• Johnson v. Sawyer,et al
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-22· cited 155×