McCoy v. Webster

How courts have described this case

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

• defining discretionary authority broadly to include all acts undertaken in performance of duties within scope of official’s authority
• “[E]ighth [A]mendment’s pro- scription against cruel and unusual punishment imposes a duty to provide reasonable protection.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Holloman Ex Rel. Holloman v. Harland
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-05-28· cited 700×
• Purcell Ex Rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, GA
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-02-24· cited 206×
• L.S.T., Inc. v. Crow
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-04-06· cited 113×
• Isaiah Jordan v. Tommy Mosley
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-06-01· cited 89×
• Lindsay v. Government Employees Insurance
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-05-26· cited 87×
• Haney Ex Rel. Haney v. City of Cumming
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-11-27· cited 46×
• Flint Electric Membership Corp. v. Whitworth
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-11-15· cited 22×
• Morris v. Wallace Community College-Selma
  S.D. Alabama· 2001-01-08· cited 22×
• Powell v. Georgia Department of Human Resources
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-05-29· cited 18×
• Jones v. Buckner
  N.D. Alabama· 2013-08-09· cited 15×
• Putnam v. Davies
  S.D. Ohio· 1996-09-26· cited 14×
• Crenshaw v. City of Defuniak Springs
  N.D. Florida· 1995-05-12· cited 13×
• Front Royal & Warren County Industrial Park Corp. v. Town of Front Royal
  W.D. Virginia· 1996-04-11· cited 10×
• Romar International Georgia, Inc. v. Southtrust Bank of Alabama (In Re Romar International Georgia, Inc.)
  M.D. Georgia· 1996-07-12· cited 10×
• Powers v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2000-07-05· cited 10×
• Samarco v. Neumann
  S.D. Florida· 1999-03-04· cited 10×
• Duffey v. Bryant
  M.D. Georgia· 1997-01-06· cited 8×
• Colston v. Ala. Agric. & Mech. Univ. (In re Hugine)
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2017-03-17· cited 6×
• Brewer v. City of Daphne
  S.D. Alabama· 1999-01-28· cited 5×
• White v. Fl. Hwy. Patrol, Div. of Fl. Dept. of Hwy.
  M.D. Florida· 1996-06-10· cited 4×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• 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×
• Whitley v. Albers
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-04· cited 6,155×
• Elder v. Holloway
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 787×
• Ed Rich v. Larry C. Dollar
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-04-15· cited 354×
• Arlington Leon Brown, 036932 v. Sgt. Chris Hughes, Chief Deputy Charles Tompkins, Etc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-03-01· cited 351×
• Lassiter v. Alabama A & M University
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-08-17· cited 311×
• Jerry Palmer v. Hospital Authority Of Randolph County
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-06-21· cited 245×
• Jordan v. Doe
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-12-02· cited 217×
• Michael Lee Sammons v. Maury Taylor, Six Unidentified Fbi Agents or Department of Justice Employees United States of America
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-08-10· cited 132×
• International Union of Electronic v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 54×
• Ritzie v. City University of New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 47×
• Swint v. City Of Wadley
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-11-03· cited 36×
• Zeigler v. Jackson
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-10-03· cited 25×
• Hardin v. Hayes
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-04-09· cited 18×
• Jerry T. Hopkins v. Robert G. Britton, Etc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-09-27· cited 12×
• Swint v. Chambers County Commission
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 6×