Moore v. Willis Independent School District

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a Plaintiff must “allege a violation of a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States” in order to assert a Section 1983 claim
• suggesting the test is whether the action is “related to any legitimate state goal.”
• “[T]he court must review all of the evidence in the record but make no credibility determinations or weigh any evidence.”
• “[S]chool districts are municipal entities under Section 1983.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Natasha Whitley v. John Hanna
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-08-08· cited 568×
• Jones v. Robinson Property Group, L.P.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-10-11· cited 482×
• Harvill v. Westward Communications, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-12-13· cited 349×
• Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-12-22· cited 240×
• James v. Texas Collin County
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-07-14· cited 194×
• Patterson v. Mobil Oil Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-07-08· cited 151×
• Mason v. Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-11-10· cited 115×
• Angela Orr v. Eric Copeland
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-12-22· cited 79×
• Huston v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n
  S.D. Texas· 2013-12-19· cited 67×
• Brown v. Mississippi Valley State University
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-10-23· cited 63×
• Viacom International, Inc. v. IJR Capital Investme
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-05-22· cited 54×
• United States v. Thomas Campbell Butler, Md
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-10-25· cited 38×
• United States Ex Rel. Taylor-Vick v. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-01-04· cited 34×
• O. v. Ft Bend Indep Sch Dist
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-06-17· cited 34×
• Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Inc. v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-06-02· cited 30×
• W. v. Paley
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-28· cited 30×
• First Investment Corp. of Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-01-17· cited 23×
• JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Datatreasury Corpora
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-08-23· cited 23×
• A.W. v. Humble Independent School District
  S.D. Texas· 2014-06-11· cited 19×
• Lopez v. River Oaks Imaging & Diagnostic Group, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2008-04-03· cited 17×

Cites

33 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×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• Zinermon v. Burch
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 3,290×
• Ingraham v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-19· cited 2,975×
• Siegert v. Gilley
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-23· cited 2,725×
• City of Lancaster v. Chambers
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-15· cited 928×
• Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Incorporated Coleman American Moving Services, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-07-08· cited 674×
• Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, Mike Caplinger in His Official Capacities and Eddy Lankford in His Official and Individual Capacities
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-03· cited 600×
• Sharon Olabisiomotosho v. City of Houston City of Houston P. J. Bartlett K. L. Richards Rene Bertrand
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-29· cited 435×
• Leffall v. Dallas Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 372×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,451 Jerry Krim, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Banctexas Group, Inc., Banctexas Group, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-05-12· cited 318×
• Barr v. Bernhard
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-02-15· cited 251×
• Hall v. Tawney
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-05-09· cited 224×
• Ronald Lee Fee and Wife, Nancy Lee Fee, Individually and as Next Friends of Tracy John Fee, a Minor v. Joseph Milton Herndon
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-09· cited 201×
• Connecticut v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-21· cited 193×
• Teresa Garcia, a Minor, by Her Next Friends Max and Sandra Garcia v. Theresa Miera, J.D. Sanchez, Edward Leyba, Judi Mestas, and Felix Duran
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-04-28· cited 143×
• Shong-Ching Tong v. Assured Thrift & Loan Ass'n
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 127×
• Heather Wallace, a Minor, by Her Mother and Next Friend, Phyllis Wallace v. The Batavia School District 101, a Municipal Corporation, and James Cliffe
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-10-19· cited 105×