Gordon v. City National Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing discovery to proceed on claims that were “legally distinct and for which a party may not assert the defense of qualified immunity”
• partial stay of discovery pending the resolution of an interlocutory appeal based on qualified immunity
• “[E]ven if the Fifth Circuit were to grant [the officer] qualified immunity . . . he would necessarily be required to testify on behalf of the City.”
• “[E]ven if the Fifth Circuit were to grant [the officer] qualified immunity . . . he would necessarily be required to testify on behalf of the City.”
• while the city manager pursued an interlocutory appeal of the denial of qualified immunity, the district court permitted discovery to proceed for the claims against the City of Balch Springs—including discovery requests of the city manager
• declining to stay discovery for claims not on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).