Smith v. Tucker

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[w]here the facts are in dispute, the existence of the facts [is] for the jury, but their effect, when found is a question for the determination of the court”
• discussing probable cause as mixed question of law and fact, while noting that, “[w]here the facts are not in dispute[,] the question of probable cause is one of law for determination by the court”
• “It is the duty of the court when the facts are in dispute to submit the question to the jury with the instructions that if they find the facts to be one way they amount to probable cause and if they find them to be another that they do not amount to probable cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Christopher G. Pitt, Sr. And Tela Hansom-Pitt v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-06-26· cited 148×
• Amobi v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections
  D.C. Circuit· 2014-06-27· cited 96×
• Leonard Hale, Individually and as Next Friend of Sean Lysher and Shanna Lysher Sean Lysher, a Minor Shanna Lysher, a Minor v. Scott Kart
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-01-13· cited 79×
• Smith v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-02-21· cited 62×
• Weisman v. Middleton
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-08-14· cited 58×
• May Department Stores Company, Inc. v. Devercelli
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-12-14· cited 55×
• Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Kelly
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-07-01· cited 52×
• Ammerman v. Newman
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-03-17· cited 50×
• Sherrod v. McHugh
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-09-25· cited 39×
• Moore v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2015-04-17· cited 29×
• Vessels v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-10-08· cited 28×
• Smith v. United States of America
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-14· cited 26×
• Neisner Bros., Inc. v. Ramos Ex Rel. Dennis
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1974-10-16· cited 15×
• Nichols v. Woodward & Lothrop, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1974-07-19· cited 15×
• Woodward v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-05-22· cited 13×
• Doe v. Safeway, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-01-28· cited 6×
• Pitt, Christopher v. DC
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-06-26
• Michael Doe v. Safeway, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-04-10
• Cousins v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia· 2014-08-15
• Hale v. Kart
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-01-13

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lawrence D. Coleman v. The Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, United States Magistrate for the District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-03-14· cited 123×
• Shaw v. May Department Stores Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1970-08-14· cited 51×
• Prieto v. May Department Stores Company
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1966-02-01· cited 32×
• Cusick v. Second Nat. Bank
  D.C. Circuit· 1940-09-23· cited 26×
• Chapman v. Anderson
  D.C. Circuit· 1925-01-05· cited 24×
• People v. Wisecarver
  California Court of Appeal· 1944-12-07· cited 22×
• Shoemaker v. SELNES
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1960-02-10· cited 22×
• Wolter v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1946-01-28· cited 20×
• State v. Howland
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1941-03-08· cited 18×
• Viner v. Friedman
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1943-08-03· cited 17×
• Stroman v. Gilbert
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1963-07-23· cited 8×
• Brooking v. Lemon
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1953-05-21· cited 6×