Pete v. Metcalfe

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that plaintiff failed to state a claim for mali- cious prosecution “because his prosecution ended with a plea of nolo contendere”
• suggesting that a claim for wrongful imprisonment may accrue on the date the detainee is released, but declining to affirmatively make such a holding
• borrowing two-year statute of limitations period from Texas law for § 1983 case
• dismissing claims against private defense attorneys that alleged “nothing more than professional malpractice”
• dismissing claims that alleged “nothing more than professional malpractice” against private defense attorneys
• dismissing claims that alleged “nothing more than professional malpractice” against private defense attorneys

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Piotrowski v. City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-01-17· cited 1,341×
• Metzger v. Sebek
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-11-10· cited 438×
• Campbell v. City of San Antonio
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-01-19· cited 314×
• Jacobsen v. Osborne
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-16· cited 294×
• Natalia Flores v. Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County, Texas, Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-09-11· cited 135×
• Olsen v. Correiro
  First Circuit· 1999-08-30· cited 81×
• Wendell v. Asher
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-01-04· cited 73×
• Wendell v. Asher
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-12-24· cited 68×
• Upton County, Tex. v. Brown
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1997-10-08· cited 48×
• Landry v. A-Able Bonding, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-02-15· cited 41×
• Samtani v. City of Laredo
  S.D. Texas· 2017-08-16· cited 36×
• Nuno v. County of San Bernardino
  C.D. California· 1999-07-28· cited 21×
• McElroy v. United States
  W.D. Texas· 1994-08-25· cited 17×
• Casanova v. City of Brookshire
  S.D. Texas· 2000-09-07· cited 14×
• Andrade v. Chojnacki
  W.D. Texas· 1999-07-01· cited 14×
• Lewis v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-12-14· cited 8×
• Kubik v. Brown
  W.D. Michigan· 1997-07-29· cited 5×
• Chandler v. United States
  N.D. Texas· 1994-08-22· cited 4×
• Daubenmire v. City of Columbus
  S.D. Ohio· 2006-03-01· cited 3×
• Swenson v. Culberson County
  W.D. Texas· 1996-04-23· cited 1×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Haines v. Kerner
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-22· cited 26,103×
• Alabama v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 1,914×
• Dennis v. Sparks
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-17· cited 1,661×
• Hardin v. Straub
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-22· cited 697×
• Haring v. Prosise
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-13· cited 606×
• Ellis D. Burrell v. Jimmy Newsome, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-09-19· cited 159×
• Doak Walker and Maurice Turner v. R. Schaeffer, Patrolman, and J. Sheridan, Patrolman
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-08-12· cited 117×
• Jay Brummett v. Jimmy Camble, Jim Boles, Doug Sanders, Dan Boulware, John R. MacLean First State Bank of Cleburne, Texas, and Johnson County, Texas
  First Circuit· 1991-12-20· cited 113×
• Gilbert Jackson v. Howard Johnson, Dallas Police Officer
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-09· cited 98×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Castillo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 92×
• R. D. Brown v. The United States of America
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-08-10· cited 88×
• William (Bob) Brown v. Wiley C. Edwards and All Other Constables in the State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-01-03· cited 63×
• Adler v. Beverly Hills Hospital
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-01-07· cited 63×
• Dixie Myra Clay v. Texas Women's University
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-03-30· cited 34×
• Ellis v. Sinton Savings Association
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1970-05-14· cited 21×
• John Martin v. Euda Delcambre
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-08-25· cited 14×
• Sanchez v. Garza
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-04-26· cited 14×
• Johnny R. Glover v. R.C. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-11-04· cited 10×
• Smith v. Avance
  E.D. Texas· 1982-01-08· cited 4×