Jennings v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that any disputed evidence on the question of the reasonableness of the force under the circumstances is a question for the jury
• holding that where defendants press qualified immunity after a general jury verdict, the court is required to view facts relevant to qualified immunity deter- mination “in the light most favorable to the verdict”
• holding that where defendants press qualified immunity after a general jury verdict, the court is required to view facts relevant to qualified immunity determination \in the light most favorable to the verdict\
• holding that where defendants press qualified immunity after a general jury verdict, the court is required to view facts relevant to qualified immunity determination “in the light most favorable to the verdict”
• holding that where defendants press qualified immunity after a general jury verdict, the court is required to view facts relevant to qualified immunity deter- mination “in the light most favorable to the verdict”
• noting that common sense may be an appropriate basis for a finding of excessive force

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Cited by

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

• Julian J. Miller v. Albert Gonzalez
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-08-05· cited 847×
• Morelli v. Webster
  First Circuit· 2009-01-07· cited 178×
• Estate of Bennett v. Wainwright
  First Circuit· 2008-11-26· cited 159×
• Raiche v. Pietroski
  First Circuit· 2010-10-25· cited 150×
• Norwood v. Vance
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-09· cited 147×
• Parker v. Gerrish
  First Circuit· 2008-11-05· cited 122×
• Natia Sampson v. County of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-09-09· cited 113×
• Guillemard-Ginorio v. Contreras-Gomez
  First Circuit· 2009-10-29· cited 110×
• Garcia-Rubiera v. Calderon
  First Circuit· 2009-06-30· cited 105×
• Thomas v. Rhode Island
  First Circuit· 2008-09-24· cited 102×
• Jennings v. Jones
  First Circuit· 2009-11-19· cited 90×
• McGrath v. Tavares
  First Circuit· 2014-08-01· cited 90×
• Irish v. Fowler
  First Circuit· 2020-11-05· cited 89×
• Mlodzinski Ex Rel. J.M. v. Lewis
  First Circuit· 2011-06-02· cited 88×
• Soto-Torres v. Fraticelli
  First Circuit· 2011-08-19· cited 84×
• Stamps Ex Rel. Estate of Stamps v. Town of Framingham
  First Circuit· 2016-02-05· cited 77×
• Noble v. City of Camden
  D. New Jersey· 2015-06-29· cited 64×
• Robinson v. Cook
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-03-21· cited 57×
• O'Brien v. Town of Bellingham
  First Circuit· 2019-11-22· cited 54×
• DeMayo v. Nugent
  First Circuit· 2008-02-22· cited 52×

Cites

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

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×
• Brosseau v. Haugen
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 2,748×
• Wilson v. Layne
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 2,678×
• Davis v. Scherer
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-16· cited 2,605×
• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• United States v. Lanier
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-31· cited 2,070×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Kim D. Lee v. Luis Ferraro
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-05· cited 1,276×
• United States v. Drayton
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-17· cited 1,084×
• Priester v. City of Riviera Beach
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-04-04· cited 506×
• Medina v. City & County Denver
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-03-31· cited 481×
• Casteel v. Pieschek
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-08-23· cited 327×
• Marlene Eberle, and Robert Kiser v. City of Anaheim Anaheim Police Department P. Shepard Hagenson Monsoor
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-04-26· cited 300×
• Blaine Sallier v. Deborah Brooks and Christine Ramsey
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-18· cited 221×

Other cases named Jennings v. Jones

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Jennings v. Jones
  First Circuit· 2009-11-19· cited 90×
• Jennings v. Jones
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-03-22· cited 11×
• Jennings v. Jones
  First Circuit· 2007-03-07· cited 6×
• Jennings v. Jones
  First Circuit· 2007-08-17· cited 2×
• Jennings v. Jones
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1876-03-15
• Jennings v. Jones
  First Circuit· 2007-08-17
• Jennings v. Jones
  Petersburg County Circuit Court· 2005-10-07