Robert Tolan v. Jeffrey Cotton

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

• holding that officer’s “grabbing [the plaintiffs] arm and shoving her against the garage door” after she refused to comply with verbal commands to facilitate a search was not unconstitutional under clearly established law

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Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tolan v. Cotton
  Supreme Court· 2014-05-05· cited 4,257×
• Gonzalez v. Trevino
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-02-22· cited 7×
• Strong v. Grambling State University
  W.D. Louisiana· 2015-03-25· cited 6×
• E.A.F.F. v. United States
  W.D. Texas· 2013-07-05· cited 2×
• Robert Tolan v. Jeffrey Cotton
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-08-01· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Pearson v. Callahan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• Reichle v. Howards
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-04· cited 2,745×
• Davis v. Scherer
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-16· cited 2,605×
• Ashcroft v. al-Kidd
  Supreme Court· 2011-05-31· cited 1,740×
• Brumfield v. Hollins
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-12-02· cited 745×
• Deville v. Marcantel
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-05-01· cited 631×
• Peter Clayton McClendon v. City of Columbia, City of Columbia James R. Carney
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-05· cited 569×
• Burge v. Parish of St. Tammany
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-08-25· cited 428×
• Roger Poole v. City of Shreveport
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-08-16· cited 362×
• Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-20· cited 235×
• Michalik v. Hermann
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-18· cited 195×
• Ontiveros v. City of Rosenberg, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-03-30· cited 195×
• Kovacic v. Villarreal
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-12-17· cited 176×
• Richard Rockwell v. City of Garland, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-15· cited 144×
• Young v. City of Killeen
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-11-08· cited 123×

Other cases named Robert Tolan v. Jeffrey Cotton

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Robert Tolan v. Jeffrey Cotton
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-08-01· cited 1×
• Robert Tolan v. Jeffrey Cotton
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-08-01