Smith v. Ray

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting Ray’s argument defending the reasonableness of the force employed based on his perceptions of Smith’s conduct when “[accepting her version of events as true, she was not intoxicated”
• “The question on summary judgment is whether—after resolving those factual contests in favor of [the plaintiff]—a reasonable officer in [the defendant’s] position would have known the force used was excessive.”
• “Smith denies being impaired or otherwise unresponsive”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Amanda Smith v. R. Ray
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-03-18· cited 345×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• 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×
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Hope v. Pelzer
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 4,957×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-02-02· cited 3,856×
• Mincey v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,849×
• Wilson v. Layne
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 2,678×
• Cady v. Dombrowski
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 2,465×
• Brigham City v. Stuart
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-22· cited 2,237×
• McDonald v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-12-20· cited 1,736×
• Minnesota v. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 1,715×
• Arnold G. Barwick v. The Celotex Corporation, Keene Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, H.K. Porter, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-06-07· cited 675×
• James H. Spriggs v. Diamond Auto Glass Richard A. Rutta Ernest Stickell
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-02-22· cited 646×
• Sharon Temkin Bruce M. Temkin v. Frederick County Commissioners Glen Marion Selby, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-09-12· cited 413×