Jeffery Pratt v. Tony Helms

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 party has no standing to sue based on a government official’s failure to investigate the alleged perpetrator of a crime
• stating that this general rule applies to failure to investigate as well as prosecute
• “[I]nvestigative decisions are generally left to the discretion of the executive branch.”
• “[I]nvestigative decisions are generally left to the discretion of the executive branch.”
• applying Texas to dismiss suit against state officials

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-01-08· cited 15×
• State of Iowa v. Colby Davis Laub
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2024-02-09
• Brooke Henderson v. Springfield R-12 School District
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-12-30

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Christopher v. Harbury
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 2,579×
• Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-11-25· cited 1,312×
• Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
  Supreme Court· 2019-06-17· cited 193×
• Flowers v. City of Minneapolis, Minn.
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-03-13· cited 113×
• Parkhurst v. Tabor
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-06-25· cited 102×
• MITCHELL v. McNEIL
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-05-15· cited 98×
• City of Clarkson Valley v. Mineta
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-07-19· cited 91×
• Jennifer Paskert v. Brent Burns
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-02-13· cited 79×
• Lefebure v. D'aquila
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-10-05· cited 57×