Higgins v. Beyer

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the court must “apply the applicable law, irrespective of whether the pro se litigant mentioned it by name” (internal quotation omitted)
• suggesting that a pre-deprivation hearing might have prevented prison administrators from improperly seizing VA benefits
• concluding “that § 5301(a) provides a federal right that is enforceable under § 1983”
• explaining that a court will liberally construe pro se claims and “apply the applicable law, irrespective of whether the pro se litigant mentioned it by name.” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
• Veterans Administration disability benefits are not subject to deduction to satisfy criminal fines
• in reviewing a dismissal for failure to state claim, the Court of Appeals must interpret a pro se plaintiff’s complaint liberally and apply the applicable law even if the plaintiff has not mentioned it by name

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dluhos v. Strasberg
  Third Circuit· 2003-02-20· cited 265×
• Bundy, K., Aplt v. Wetzel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-05-04· cited 44×
• Amphenol Corp. v. Shandler Ex Rel. Insilco Liquidating Trust (In Re Insilco Technologies, Inc.)
  D. Delaware· 2006-09-18· cited 4×
• Collins v. Williams
  D. Delaware· 2008-09-11· cited 3×
• Montanez v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  Third Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 2×
• Brown v. Rinehart
  D. Delaware· 2008-09-12
• Burns v. PA Dept Corr
  Third Circuit· 2008-09-19

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carey v. Piphus
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-21· cited 3,438×
• Zinermon v. Burch
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 3,290×
• Blessing v. Freestone
  Supreme Court· 1997-04-21· cited 1,415×
• Nami v. Fauver
  Third Circuit· 1996-04-25· cited 811×
• White v. Napoleon
  Third Circuit· 1990-02-23· cited 722×
• Rose v. Rose
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 321×
• Reynolds v. Wagner
  Third Circuit· 1997-10-22· cited 316×
• Higgins v. Beyer
  Third Circuit· 2002-06-12· cited 219×
• Finberg v. Sullivan
  Third Circuit· 1980-10-27· cited 218×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1999-01-21· cited 215×
• Bennett v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-29· cited 128×
• Nelson v. Heiss
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-11-21· cited 75×
• Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association v. Houstoun.
  Third Circuit· 2002-03-13· cited 56×
• Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, Plaintiff v. Rachel G. Davis, as Guardian of the Estate of Arthur Grady Glasscock
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-05-08· cited 39×
• Bennett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-09-29· cited 7×