Jones v. Bowman

How courts have described this case

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

• “A city’s police department is merely a vehicle through with the government fulfills its policy functions and is not a proper party defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fisher v. Goord
  W.D. New York· 1997-07-16· cited 149×
• Stanley v. Henson
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28· cited 37×
• Slay v. Marion County Sheriff's Department
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-11-23· cited 27×
• Grant County Commissioners v. Cotton
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-03-21· cited 18×
• Newkirk v. Sheers
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-09-16· cited 13×
• Gillespie v. City of Indianapolis
  S.D. Indiana· 1998-06-05· cited 12×
• Branson v. Newburgh Police Department
  S.D. Indiana· 2011-07-18· cited 8×
• Moore v. Hosier
  N.D. Indiana· 1998-05-15· cited 6×
• Radcliff v. County of Harrison
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-07-29· cited 5×
• Blanton v. City of Indianapolis, Ind.
  S.D. Indiana· 1993-08-09· cited 4×
• F.D. v. Indiana Department of Family Services
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-30· cited 2×
• Stanley, Larry v. Gentry, Rory A.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-30

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Kentucky v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 11,385×
• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 2,348×
• Brandon v. Holt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 1,538×
• Preiser v. Newkirk
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 1,345×
• Golden v. Zwickler
  Supreme Court· 1969-03-04· cited 1,203×
• Arlene C. Wolf-Lillie v. Gerald M. Sonquist, Kenosha County Sheriff
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-01-31· cited 568×
• Craig S. Strauss v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, and Chicago Police Officer John Doe
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-04-17· cited 445×
• Mary Beth G. v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-11-29· cited 328×
• Thomas Crowder v. Russell E. Lash
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 321×
• Milo John Munson v. Wendell R. Friske, John Rybak, Jr., Kenneth Todd, and Ashland County
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-01-29· cited 310×
• Rascon v. Hardiman
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-26· cited 214×
• Valley Liquors, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Renfield Importers, Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-07-13· cited 187×
• James Wood, Cross v. Allen Worachek, Cross
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-04-08· cited 186×
• Alexander Patton v. Raymond Przybylski
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-06-17· cited 177×