Schultz v. Braga

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that supervisor’s knowledge of one previous unconstitutional incident is insufficient to establish supervisory liability
• striking “inflammatory” allegations about prior shooting by FBI agent because their relevance had not yet been determined and they were prejudicial to the agent’s repuation
• striking “inflammatory” allegations about prior shooting by FBI agent because their relevance had not yet been determined and they were prejudicial to the agent’s reputation
• striking “inflammatory” allegations about prior shooting by FBI agent because their relevance had not yet been determined and they were prejudicial to the agent’s reputation
• “Thus, qualified immunity protects law enforcement officers from bad guesses in gray areas and ensures that they are liable only for transgressing bright lines.”
• a motion to strike should be granted when the “allegations have no possible relation to the controversy and may cause prejudice to one of the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bey v. Shapiro Brown & Alt, LLP
  D. Maryland· 2014-02-20· cited 208×
• Schultz v. Braga
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-07-31· cited 81×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-07-31· cited 1×
• Bretemps v. Town of Brentwood
  D. Maryland· 2014-03-24· cited 1×
• Roberson v. Ginnie Mae Remic Trust 2010 H01
  D. Maryland· 2013-09-25· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• Dunaway v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-05· cited 3,633×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×
• Davis v. Scherer
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-16· cited 2,605×
• United States v. Hensley
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 2,340×
• Shaw v. Stroud
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-06· cited 1,804×
• Michigan v. DeFillippo
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-25· cited 1,685×
• Valerie Watterson v. Eileen Page
  First Circuit· 1993-02-09· cited 1,204×
• Hill v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 764×
• Trulock v. Freeh
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-12-28· cited 708×
• Pritchett v. Alford
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-08-19· cited 382×
• Rowland v. Perry
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-11-29· cited 274×
• Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.
  D. Maryland· 1991-08-15· cited 231×
• Elliott v. Leavitt
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-11-26· cited 227×