Michael D. Porter v. Bob White

How courts have described this case

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

• § 1983 action based on a prosecutor’s failure to comply with Brady is barred because the prosecutor has absolute immunity
• “[Ijrrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution,” “the prosecution is charged with a Brady violation” when “favorable, material evidence exclusively in the hands of the prosecution team fails to reach the defense.”
• “[W]e hold that mere USCA11 Case: 22-10886 Document: 45-1 Date Filed: 01/03/2024 Page: 13 of 15 22-10886 Opinion of the Court 13 officers enjoy the same absolute immunity as lay witnesses for their testimony at trial … or in front of the grand jury.” (citations omit- ted)
• citied favorably in Tennison, 570 F.3d at 1088

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Owens v. Baltimore City State's Attorneys Office
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-09-24· cited 858×
• Haley v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 2011-09-19· cited 804×
• Tennison v. City and County of San Francisco
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-06-23· cited 89×
• Drumgold v. Callahan
  First Circuit· 2013-01-31· cited 66×
• Nick C. Rhoades v. State of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-04-15· cited 45×
• Beverly Spencer v. Sheriff Jonathan Benison
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-07-16· cited 43×
• Johnson v. City of Cheyenne
  Tenth Circuit· 2024-04-26· cited 18×
• Arnold v. McNeil
  M.D. Florida· 2009-03-31· cited 16×
• Jeffrey Moldowan v. Maureen Fournier
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-07-01· cited 16×
• United States v. Randall Robinson
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-01-05· cited 13×
• John Wayne Charleston v. Clint Allen, Criminal District Attorney of Cass County
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-10-15· cited 8×
• Moldowan v. City of Warren
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-07-23· cited 6×
• Jones v. Yanta
  District of Columbia· 2009-03-31· cited 6×
• Burgess v. Balt. Police Dep't
  D. Maryland· 2018-03-09· cited 6×
• Madison Cnty. v. Evanston Ins. Co.
  N.D. Alabama· 2018-09-28· cited 6×
• Jones v. City of College Park, GA
  N.D. Georgia· 2007-09-28· cited 3×
• Jeffrey Clark v. Louisville-Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-03-07· cited 2×
• Tennison v. Sanders
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-06-23
• United States v. Charles Schrode
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-10-07
• Amended August 23, 2016 Nick C. Rhoades v. State of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-04-15

Cites

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

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Heck v. Humphrey
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 15,294×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Daniels v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 7,676×
• Imbler v. Pachtman
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 7,274×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Parratt v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 6,693×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• County of Sacramento v. Lewis
  Supreme Court· 1998-05-26· cited 6,212×
• Kyles v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 6,003×
• Baker v. McCollan
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 5,659×
• Strickler v. Greene
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 4,383×
• Zinermon v. Burch
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 3,290×
• Brosseau v. Haugen
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 2,748×
• Siegert v. Gilley
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-23· cited 2,725×
• Wilson v. Layne
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 2,678×
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 2,104×
• Davidson v. Cannon
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 1,806×
• Kim D. Lee v. Luis Ferraro
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-05· cited 1,276×