Silva v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that Eleventh Amendment immunity “extends to state agencies and state officials in their official capacities”
• noting that under the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework, plaintiff can satisfy prima facie case of discrimination with evidence that she was treated worse than similarly situated employees not in a protected group
• affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment in employment discrimination case to employer who terminated employee for “lack of work”
• finding warden who was final decisionmaker with respect to the discipline imposed on plaintiff could be personally liable on plaintiff’s equal protection claims
• affirming summary judgment on section 1981 claims against individual defendants in their official capacities
• in evaluating similarities between the plaintiff and an alleged comparator, courts should consider whether they shared the same disciplining supervisor

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Larry Howell v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-02-05· cited 392×
• Percy Taylor v. Joseph Ways
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-06-02· cited 137×
• Matthew King v. Hendricks County Commissioner
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-03-31· cited 135×
• Lisa Purtue v. Wisconsin Department of Correc
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 99×
• Carlton Reives v. Illinois State Police
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-03-31· cited 57×
• Wesley Gamble v. FCA US LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-04-08· cited 17×
• Tondalaya Gamble v. County of Cook
  Seventh Circuit· 2024-07-02· cited 13×
• Tyrone Gabb v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-06-17
• Bankruptcy Estate of Santoasha Harris v. City of Milwaukee
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-07-24

Cites

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

• Montana v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-22· cited 3,633×
• Mullenix v. Luna
  Supreme Court· 2015-11-09· cited 3,438×
• Taylor v. Sturgell
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-12· cited 2,529×
• White v. Pauly
  Supreme Court· 2017-01-09· cited 2,504×
• Ashcroft v. al-Kidd
  Supreme Court· 2011-05-31· cited 1,740×
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 1,679×
• Henry Ortiz v. Werner Enterprises, Incorporat
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-08-19· cited 1,674×
• University of Tennessee v. Elliott
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 1,063×
• Denise Coleman v. Patrick R. Donaho
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-01-06· cited 861×
• O'LEARY v. Accretive Health, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-09-21· cited 418×
• Pamela J. Burks v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Marcia L. Traska, and Mary P. Forlenza
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-09-29· cited 342×
• Julie Boumehdi v. Plastag Holdings, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-06-04· cited 269×
• Luster v. Illinois Department of Corrections
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-07-19· cited 264×
• Elizabeth Castro v. DeVry University, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-05-13· cited 238×
• Loudermilk v. Best Pallet Co., LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-02-18· cited 174×
• Peirick v. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Athletics Department
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-12-14· cited 173×
• Vicki Barbera v. Pearson Education, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-10-12· cited 152×
• Kevin Carmody v. Board of Trustees of the Unive
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-06-19· cited 144×
• Campbell v. Forest Preserve District
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-05-15· cited 141×
• Michael Joseph v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-12-27· cited 131×

Other cases named Silva v. State

62 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Silva v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-11-03· cited 162×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-04-21· cited 74×
• Silva v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-03-24· cited 63×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-10-16· cited 46×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1982-09-15· cited 40×
• Silva v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-10-12· cited 39×
• Silva v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-09-30· cited 21×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1990-10-24· cited 18×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-02-20· cited 16×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-02-16· cited 14×
• Silva v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2012-03-12· cited 11×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-07· cited 10×
• Silva v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-12-30· cited 10×
• Silva v. State
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1966-03-23· cited 8×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-06-20· cited 7×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-09-21· cited 5×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-10-21· cited 4×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-05-10· cited 3×
• Silva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-10-21· cited 3×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-12-12· cited 3×
• Silva v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 1981-06-30· cited 2×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-12-02· cited 2×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-08-19· cited 2×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-09-03· cited 1×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-02· cited 1×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1966-03-16· cited 1×
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-07-25· cited 1×
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-08
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-27
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-29
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-30
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-18
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-04
• Silva v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-01-21
• Silva v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2009-05-04
• Silva v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2014-04-30
• Silva v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-08-07
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-11-14
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-02-01
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1957-11-06
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1927-11-16
• Silva v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1964-12-16
• Silva v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1974-08-16
• Silva v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2014-04-30
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-10-19
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-11-20
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-03-26
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-08-26
• Silva v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-05-08
• Silva v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-09-10