Fleming v. Dowdell

How courts have described this case

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

• finding dismissal of the Fourth Amendment claim was proper because “[a] complaint may not be amended by briefs in opposition to a motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment”
• finding dismissal of a Fourth Amendment claim was proper because “[a] complaint may not be amended by briefs in opposition to a motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment”
• “A complaint may not be amended by briefs in opposition to a motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment which, in effect, is what [the plaintiff] has attempted to 2 do.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gibbons v. McBride
  S.D. Georgia· 2015-08-21· cited 33×
• McKally v. Perez
  S.D. Florida· 2015-02-06· cited 10×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Labor Solutions of Al LLC
  N.D. Alabama· 2017-03-17· cited 7×
• Holley v. Town of Camp Hill
  M.D. Alabama· 2018-10-29· cited 2×
• Greenwood Bible Deliverance Church, Inc. v. Ard
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2016-10-21

Cites

97 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×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Franks v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 8,679×
• Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-28· cited 8,052×
• Daniels v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 7,676×
• Imbler v. Pachtman
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 7,274×
• Albright v. Oliver
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-24· cited 7,028×
• Baker v. McCollan
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 5,659×
• Stump v. Sparkman
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-05· cited 5,547×
• Hope v. Pelzer
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 4,957×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-02· cited 3,553×
• Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 2,450×
• City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-26· cited 2,156×