Josh Williams v. Scott Decker

How courts have described this case

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

• “Taking roughly thirty minutes to accomplish this investigation did not run afoul of the Fourth Amendment.” (collecting cases)
• addressing challenge, on direct appeal, regarding the authority of the senior district court judge who adjudicated the case below
• rejecting argument that district court judge lacked authority to adjudicate matter due to her status as senior district court judge
• allowing officers to hold a suspect for “thirty minutes” during a similar search
• “Rather than raise his hands as the officers instructed, Officer Decker saw Williams lean forward while keeping his hands concealed.”
• officers were entitled to qualified immunity where they arrested plaintiff based upon inaccurate information provided by dispatcher

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allan Rodgers v. Daniel Knight
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-03-23· cited 27×
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  Eighth Circuit· 2021-01-05· cited 27×
• Phillip Ransom v. Anthony Grisafe
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-06-22· cited 19×
• United States v. Dontay Sanford
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-02-16· cited 14×
• United States v. Andre Johnson
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-04-13· cited 7×
• United States v. Tanner Halverson-Weese
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-04-07· cited 5×
• Lenz v. Robert W. Baird & Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-09-21· cited 4×
• Hill v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-08-30
• United States v. Black
  W.D. Missouri· 2015-04-22
• Waldner v. North American Truck & Trailer, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-12-05
• Davis v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2025-01-07
• United States v. Shue Moua
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-08-01

Cites

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

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Sokolow
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 4,647×
• United States v. Sharpe
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-20· cited 2,970×
• United States v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District v. Mallinckrodt, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-03-06· cited 423×
• DAVID GRIFFITH, PLAINTIFF—APPELLANT v. CITY OF DES MOINES, DEFENDANTS—APPELLEES
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-12-17· cited 364×
• Krout v. Goemmer
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-10-06· cited 265×
• Borgman v. Kedley
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-07-19· cited 153×
• Nguyen v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-09· cited 140×
• McKenney v. Harrison
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-03-28· cited 105×
• United States v. Joseph Dominic Marcel Maltais
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-04-07· cited 96×
• Stanley Joseph v. Kenneth Allen
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-04-15· cited 94×
• Daniel Scott v. Mary Benson
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-02-04· cited 77×
• Cox v. Director of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2003-03-04· cited 74×
• United States v. Kenny Eugene Smart
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-02-09· cited 71×
• United States v. Alvin Dixon, Also Known as Alvin Devon Dixon
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-04-07· cited 70×
• Willie Mae Young v. City of Little Rock, a Public Body Corporate
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-05-02· cited 69×
• Miles LaCross v. City of Duluth
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-05-08· cited 62×
• United States v. Ralph G. Mounts
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-04-30· cited 51×
• United States v. Christopher Carpenter
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-09-18· cited 44×
• United States v. Oscar Berrera Sanchez
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-08-10· cited 39×