Douthit v. Georgia

How courts have described this case

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

• a § 1983 claim to which the right to petition was not raised as a defense
• allegedly repeated communications to the press and city officials which were critical of police lieutenant, and the improper instigation of criminal proceedings against the lieutenant by judge as part of a racial campaign to discredit lieutenant were not judicial acts

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Cited by

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

• Gibson v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-23· cited 1,128×
• Frank Barrett v. Nancy I. Harrington, A/K/A Penny Harrington
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-11-20· cited 287×
• Keenan v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1992-12-17· cited 237×
• Ford v. Strickland
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-01-07· cited 223×
• State v. Mercer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1981-05-11· cited 151×
• Wade v. Haynes
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-11-09· cited 127×
• In Re the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in Re Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico, and Fundacion Colegio De Abogados
  First Circuit· 1982-12-08· cited 125×
• Johnny Lee Gates v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-01-06· cited 123×
• Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-09-29· cited 123×
• Joseph Brewer v. M. Prentiss Blackwell
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-29· cited 110×
• Robert Wayne Williams v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden and the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-21· cited 104×
• Gibson v. The City Of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-23· cited 82×
• Coulter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-12-28· cited 67×
• Cynthia A. Forrester v. Judge Howard Lee White
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-06-05· cited 57×
• Bailey v. Binyon
  N.D. Illinois· 1984-03-30· cited 43×
• Keyes v. City of Albany
  N.D. New York· 1984-09-12· cited 38×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-08-05· cited 33×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-01-27· cited 31×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1982-01-12· cited 26×
• Dougherty v. Barry
  District of Columbia· 1985-03-07· cited 24×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×

Other cases named Douthit v. Georgia

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Douthit v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-25