Sockwell v. Phelps

How courts have described this case

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• upholding punitive damages award where prison officials implemented policy that led to infringement of prisoners' constitutional rights, in violation of court order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Burke v. Regalado
  Tenth Circuit· 2019-08-20· cited 411×
• Donna Patterson Nicholas Brown, and Michael L. Adams v. P.H.P. Healthcare Corporation Mark Kennedy
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-09-11· cited 169×
• Franklin v. Blackmore
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-12-22· cited 116×
• Williams v. Kaufman County
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-08· cited 100×
• Mark Cowart v. Erwin
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-09-13· cited 99×
• Luann Renfrow v. Danny J. Draper, Bankruptcy Appeals, Interested Party
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-11-14· cited 41×
• Calvin Rhodes v. Guiberson Oil Tools, A/K/A F.I.E., A/K/A Div. Dresser Ind. Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-04-24· cited 30×
• Neles-Jamesbury, Inc. v. Bill's Valves
  S.D. Texas· 1997-05-30· cited 29×
• In re: Bradley Weston Taggart
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-04-12· cited 27×
• Moore v. LaSalle Management
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-07-22· cited 25×
• Louisiana Farms v. LA. Dept. of Wildlife
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-10-09· cited 22×
• Garrison S. Johnson v. State of California James H. Gomez, Director, Department of Corrections James Rowland
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-02-25· cited 21×
• In Re: Luhr Bros Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-23· cited 20×
• LHC Nashua Partnership, Ltd. v. PDNED Sagamore Nashua, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-09-28· cited 20×
• Burrell v. Crown Central Petroleum, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 1997-12-18· cited 15×
• Bloem v. Unknown Department of the Interior Employees
  District of Columbia· 2013-02-04· cited 11×
• Varnado v. Department of Employment and Training
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-12-30· cited 8×
• Williams v. Kaufman County
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-19· cited 8×
• Holmes v. Reddoch
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-09-06· cited 8×
• Haff v. Cooke
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1996-04-12· cited 7×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pullman-Standard v. Swint
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-27· cited 2,420×
• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 1,644×
• George Thompkins, Cross-Appellee v. Bill Belt, Sheriff, Avoyelles Parish, Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 580×
• Lee v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-11· cited 380×
• Washington v. Lee
  M.D. Alabama· 1966-12-12· cited 158×
• Hayes Williams and Arthur Mitchell v. David C. Treen, Governor of the State of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-31· cited 88×
• Mrs. Christine Keyes, Wife Of/and Thomas Keyes v. Ray Lauga, Office of Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, Intervenor
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-01-26· cited 82×
• Lillie Russell v. Dr. Robert Harrison, President of the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-07-16· cited 76×
• Robert N. Creamer, Cross-Appellee v. Officer Lewis Porter, Officer J.L. Sampson and Officer R. Johnson, Cross-Appellants, Deputy David Austin
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-15· cited 65×
• Branch-Hines v. Hebert
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-09-03· cited 65×
• Karl J. Kirchberg v. Joan Paillot Feenstra, Defendant-Third-Party v. David C. Treen and State of Louisiana, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1983-07-05· cited 56×
• United States v. Wyandotte County, Kansas
  Tenth Circuit· 1973-06-21· cited 16×
• Charles McClelland and Curtis E. Rowland v. Warden Maurice Sigler
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-03-22· cited 13×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1987-05-22· cited 7×