Hollins v. Powell

How courts have described this case

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

• reduction of punitive damages in § 1983 ac tion against mayor from $500,000 to $2,000
• where mayor later testified to conversations with city attorney in a suit brought against mayor and city, the conversation was not intended to be confidential and the privilege was waived
• North Carolina Department of Transportation officials receiving free trips to Hilton Head and Texas

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Keenan v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1992-12-17· cited 237×
• Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-02-05· cited 205×
• State v. Kulmac
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-05· cited 159×
• Joe Morgan v. Bill Woessner, and Clay Searle Los Angeles City, (Two Cases)
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-06-10· cited 155×
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-02· cited 134×
• United States v. Katherine Bordallo Aguon
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-07-01· cited 123×
• State v. Joyner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-05-04· cited 123×
• State v. Herring
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-02-14· cited 111×
• State v. Castonguay
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-07· cited 101×
• State v. Hufford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-12-01· cited 88×
• United States v. Russell E. Spitler, United States of America v. Duane Carpenter
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-09-12· cited 81×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-26· cited 81×
• Gale v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1990-05-02· cited 80×
• Fred G. Brown, D/B/A National Parakleen Co., and Micro-Bac International, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Petrolite Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-07-13· cited 71×
• Larry Zerangue and Leon B. Carriere, Cross-Appellees v. Tsp Newspapers, Inc., Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-04-20· cited 69×
• State v. Pierson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-26· cited 69×
• State v. Burak
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-12-09· cited 62×
• A. Farber & Partners Inc. v. Garber
  C.D. California· 2006-02-15· cited 62×
• State v. George J.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-11-28· cited 54×
• State v. D'Ambrosio
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-07-04· cited 53×