Malina v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that actions are judicial for immunity purposes if they are “closely related to a general judicial function”
• explaining that the relevant inquiry regarding the first factor is to “examine the ‘nature and function’ of the act, not the act itself” and that a court should “look to the particular act’s relation to a general function normally performed by a judge” (citation omitted)
• “In some situations, immunity is to be afforded even though one or more of the McAlester factors is not met.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnida W. Barnes v. Byron R. Winchell
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-02-03· cited 378×
• Bradt v. West
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-12-22· cited 213×
• Davis v. Tarrant County, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-08· cited 179×
• Ballard v. Wall
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-06-17· cited 161×
• Laughlin v. Olszewski,et al
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-12-30· cited 50×
• Houston Community Hospital v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-09· cited 41×
• St. Clair v. Johnny's Oyster & Shrimp, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-12-17· cited 35×
• Florance v. Buchmeyer
  N.D. Texas· 2007-07-31· cited 30×
• Dehoyos v. Allstate Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-03· cited 28×
• Davenport v. Rodriguez
  S.D. Texas· 2001-05-09· cited 27×
• Thomas v. State
  N.D. Texas· 2018-02-13· cited 27×
• Woodruff v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-11-17· cited 26×
• James v. Underwood
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-05-08· cited 22×
• United States v. Wright
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-01-18· cited 17×
• Amato v. Office of Com'r of Securities
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1994-11-15· cited 16×
• Doe v. Linam
  S.D. Texas· 2002-08-21· cited 16×
• Schaff v. Sun Line Cruises, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1998-03-24· cited 14×
• Shabazz v. Texas Youth Commission
  N.D. Texas· 2003-09-30· cited 12×
• Collins v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  S.D. Texas· 1999-08-17· cited 11×
• Campaign for Southern Equality v. Mississippi Department of Human Services
  S.D. Mississippi· 2016-03-31· cited 11×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Stump v. Sparkman
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-05· cited 5,547×
• Mireles v. Waco
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-21· cited 4,474×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• California v. Hodari D.
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-23· cited 3,670×
• Brower Ex Rel. Estate of Caldwell v. County of Inyo
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-21· cited 1,476×
• Tanglewood East Homeowners Jimmie D. Lee, Jr. v. Charles-Thomas, Inc., First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Conroe
  First Circuit· 1988-07-28· cited 155×
• Doris Adams v. Grainger W. McIlhany Individually and as Presiding Judge of the 31st Judicial District of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-06-27· cited 121×
• Joseph Brewer v. M. Prentiss Blackwell
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-29· cited 110×
• Flor Lopez v. William Vanderwater and Howard Wheeler Gamble
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-04-29· cited 101×
• James Oliver McAlester Et Ux. v. David H. Brown
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-12-05· cited 98×
• Jack R. Harper v. Arden Mays Merckle
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-03-05· cited 85×
• Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, Cross-Appellant v. Eristus Sams, Individually and as Mayor of Prairie View, and City of Prairie View, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-09-17· cited 75×
• Wallace Watts v. Odom Graves, Sheriff
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-12-12· cited 73×
• Ken Mouille, Laurie Rollins v. City of Live Oak
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-01-08· cited 39×
• Chromalloy Mining and Minerals Alaska Division, Chromalloy American Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-10· cited 33×
• Schnabel Foundation Co. v. Harbor Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 32×
• W. Douglas Williams v. Honorable Jack Brooks
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-10-31· cited 20×
• Junius Hart Piano House, Ltd. v. Ingman
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1907-10-21· cited 14×