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Fifth Circuit· 6/10/2009

Goodman v. Harris County

Citations

  • 571 F.3d 388
  • 2009 WL 1608811

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the court will reverse a district court’s evidentiary ruling “only if it affects a substantial right of a party”
  • explaining that the first step in evaluating qualified immunity is to “determine whether plaintiff alleged a violation of a clearly established constitutional right. . .”
  • stating that failure to show deliberate indifference in failure-to-train claim eliminated need to address other prongs of supervisory liability
  • explaining that a court order for physical or mental examination “may be made only on motion for good cause”
  • stating that failure to train or supervise are not proper causes of action under the TTCA because they do not involve the use of tangible property
  • concluding that issues not briefed on appeal are waived

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wiener, Dennis, Clement

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

Cites

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Other cases named Goodman v. Harris County

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