Felton v. Polles

How courts have described this case

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

• “[S]tate employment is generally sufficient to render the defendant a state actor.” (quoting Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922, 935 n.18 (1982))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pegram v. Honeywell, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-03-05· cited 320×
• Isaiah Russell Jones Robert Sparks, Jr. Herman Parks, Jr. v. Alcoa, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-18· cited 293×
• Tarver v. City of Edna
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-05-25· cited 267×
• Hamilton v. Dallas County
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-18· cited 165×
• Hernandez v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-31· cited 153×
• Tucker v. City of Shreveport
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-05-18· cited 86×
• Beltran v. City of El Paso
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-15· cited 74×
• Foley v. Univ of Houston Sys
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-12-18· cited 72×
• Rachel Clay v. Credit Bureau Enterprises, Inc
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-06-06· cited 53×
• Austin v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-05-28· cited 50×
• Lopez v. Kempthorne
  S.D. Texas· 2010-01-14· cited 40×
• Gustave-Schmidt v. Chao
  District of Columbia· 2004-03-30· cited 36×
• Thomas Henrickson v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-04-23· cited 35×
• Pike v. Office of Alcohol & Tobacco Control
  M.D. Louisiana· 2015-09-22· cited 30×
• Gallentine v. Housing Authority
  E.D. Texas· 2013-01-22· cited 26×
• Wesley v. General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers Local 745
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-10-05· cited 25×
• Johnson v. Hospital Corp. of America
  W.D. Louisiana· 2011-02-11· cited 24×
• Vaden v. Connecticut
  D. Connecticut· 2008-07-08· cited 23×
• Foley v. University of Houston System
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-03-06· cited 20×
• Brooks v. Firestone Polymers, LLC
  E.D. Texas· 2014-10-08· cited 20×

Cites

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

• West v. Atkins
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-20· cited 16,767×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-11-09· cited 8,430×
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-10· cited 6,600×
• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 6,226×
• Baker v. McCollan
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 5,659×
• Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 4,775×
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-25· cited 4,631×
• Johnson v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 2,857×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 2,093×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-29· cited 1,067×
• Conn v. Gabbert
  Supreme Court· 1999-04-05· cited 836×
• Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ.
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-04-09· cited 666×
• Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, Mike Caplinger in His Official Capacities and Eddy Lankford in His Official and Individual Capacities
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-03· cited 600×
• Shackelford v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-10-04· cited 492×
• Shirley A. Ramsey v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-03-29· cited 471×
• Pineda v. City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-05-09· cited 434×