Houskins v. Sheahan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a social worker’s police report stating that a correctional officer had hit her did not address a matter of public concern because the report was “nothing more than [a] personal grievance against [the officer] in order to have him arrested for striking her”
• noting that where plaintiff fails to establish deprivation of a constitutional right, Monell claims also fail
• noting that where plaintiff fails to establish deprivation of a constitutional right, Monell claims also fail
• noting that when a person is acting as a private citizen, “[s]peech that serves a private or personal interest, as opposed to a public one, does not satisfy the standards for First Amendment protections”
• affirming decision not to bifurcate in part because district court gave curative instructions at trial
• affirming decision not to bifurcate in part because district court gave curative instructions at trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomas v. Cook County Sheriff's Department
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-05-03· cited 671×
• Laura Kubiak v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-01-11· cited 644×
• Rivera Petty v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-06-09· cited 270×
• Swearnigen-El v. Cook County Sheriff's Department
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-04-22· cited 144×
• Maria N. Gracia v. SigmaTron International, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-11-29· cited 133×
• Hamilton v. Mayor of Baltimore
  D. Maryland· 2011-08-03· cited 132×
• Brian Swetlik v. Kevin Crawford
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-12-23· cited 115×
• Ronald Forgue v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-10-17· cited 115×
• Volkman v. Ryker
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-12-02· cited 105×
• Brown v. Smith
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-06-28· cited 57×
• Thompson v. Memorial Hosp. of Carbondale
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-11-03· cited 49×
• Avila v. Pappas
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-01-04· cited 46×
• Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. Clarke
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-07-21· cited 36×
• Prolite Bldg. Supply, LLC v. MW Mfrs., Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-05-22· cited 33×
• Roake v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-02-17· cited 33×
• Karen Feld v. Kenneth Feld
  D.C. Circuit· 2012-07-31· cited 24×
• Feld Motor Sports, Inc. v. Traxxas, L.P.
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-06-30· cited 24×
• Snyder v. Smith
  S.D. Indiana· 2014-03-14· cited 21×
• Spalding v. City of Chicago
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-05-11· cited 21×
• Outley v. City of Chi.
  E.D. Illinois· 2019-01-11· cited 21×

Cites

45 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Garcetti v. Ceballos
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-30· cited 2,871×
• Opper v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-12-06· cited 1,280×
• Frederick H. Groce v. Eli Lilly & Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-09-30· cited 388×
• Segal v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2006-08-03· cited 280×
• Sigsworth v. City Of Aurora
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-05-25· cited 261×
• Freitag v. Ayers
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-09-13· cited 242×
• Laura Phelan v. Cook County
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-09-18· cited 225×
• Walker v. Sheahan
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 221×
• Soltys v. Costello
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-03-25· cited 190×
• Jennifer Farfaras v. Citizens Bank and Trust of Chicago, a Corporation, Robert Michael, George Michael, and Nicholas Tanglis
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-01-11· cited 177×
• Montano v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-07-23· cited 171×
• King Ex Rel. King v. East St. Louis School District 189
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-08-07· cited 171×
• Winters v. Fru-Con Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-08-22· cited 151×
• M.T. Bonk Company and Mark T. Bonk v. Milton Bradley Company and Hasbro, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-10-16· cited 118×
• Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-10-21· cited 118×
• Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-01-14· cited 117×