Pressley v. Haeger

How courts have described this case

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

• applying harmless error analysis to faulty instructions that, given the evidence, were unlikely to have influenced the jury
• “Haeger could not discriminate against Pressley on account of race if he did not know Pressley’s race.”
• “Knowledge plays a role in forming or ascertaining intent. Haeger could not discriminate against Pressley on account of race if he did not know Pressley’s race.”
• “Knowledge plays a role in forming or ascertaining intent. [The defendant] could not discriminate against [the plaintiff] on account of race if he did not know [the plaintiff’s] race.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-08-04· cited 471×
• William McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-11-24· cited 384×
• Hurley v. Atlantic City Police Department
  Third Circuit· 1999-05-11· cited 276×
• Richard S. Silvera, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Orange County School Board, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-03-30· cited 258×
• Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-12-15· cited 252×
• Edsel Gusman, Cross-Appellant v. Unisys Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-02-25· cited 154×
• In the Matter Of: Peter Francis Geraci
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-03-09· cited 105×
• People Who Care v. Rockford Board Of Education
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-10-08· cited 90×
• Thomas Barrow v. Lloyd A. Falck, Individually and as Sheriff of Ford County, Illinois, and Ford County, Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-10-13· cited 77×
• Walker v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-26· cited 69×
• Guckenberger v. Boston University
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-05-29· cited 50×
• Bravo Ex Rel. Gonzales v. City of Santa Maria
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-01-12· cited 29×
• Frank Smith, Jr. v. Village of Maywood, a Municipal Corporation, and Robert Grace
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-02-24· cited 22×
• Jaffee v. Redmond
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-04-20· cited 21×
• Moore v. University of Notre Dame
  N.D. Indiana· 1998-09-30· cited 14×
• To-Am Equipment Co., Inc. v. Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1997-01-24· cited 12×
• Rupert v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services
  Federal Claims· 2003-01-24· cited 10×
• Virginia Fogle and Fatina Fogle v. William Chevrolet/geo, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-12-26· cited 6×
• Connolly v. National School Bus Service, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-02-10· cited 6×
• In Re Tak Communications, Inc.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 1993-04-30· cited 3×