Stephan L. Honore v. James M. Douglas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a professor could not demonstrate a procedural due process violation where the Board of Regents had ultimate decision-making authority and rejected a hearing committee’s recommenda- tion to grant the professor tenure
• observing that summary judgment is \an inadequate procedure for sorting out nebulous questions of motivation\ in a First Amendment retaliation case
• “[A] federal court is generally not the appropriate forum in which to review the multitude of personnel decisions that are made daily by public agencies.”
• “[Djespite this finding of procedural adequacy, we do not agree with the trial court’s rejection of the substantive due process claim.”
• “[A] federal court is generally not the appropriate forum in which to review the multitude of personnel decisions that are made daily by public agencies.”
• “We find no merit in Honore’s claim of a denial of procedural due process.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Alexander Edionwe v. Guy Bailey
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-06-19· cited 272×
• County of Dallas v. Wiland
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-02-16· cited 97×
• Dixon v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  S.D. Texas· 1992-06-03· cited 91×
• Setliff v. Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-07-01· cited 86×
• Kelvin S. Moulton v. City of Beaumont
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-05-20· cited 85×
• Bolton v. City of Dallas TX
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-12-07· cited 53×
• Maples v. Martin
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-11-02· cited 53×
• Gerald S. Slaughter v. Southern Talc Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-12-14· cited 44×
• Nicholas J. Boroff v. Van Wert City Board of Education John Basinger William Clifton and David Froelich
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-07-26· cited 42×
• Jesse Avila Valles v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-01-08· cited 41×
• Spuler v. Pickar
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-04-14· cited 41×
• University of Baltimore v. Iz
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-09-03· cited 28×
• Ulrich v. Exxon Co., USA, a Div. of Exxon Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 1993-06-04· cited 26×
• Spuler v. Pickar
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-05-15· cited 25×
• Susan Campbell, Etc. v. St. Tammany Parish School Board, Etc., Joseph Delcarpio, Etc. v. St. Tammany Parish School Board, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-09-15· cited 23×
• Dennis Edinger v. Board of Regents of Morehead State University
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-07-02· cited 22×
• Michael Wigginton, Jr. v. University of Mississipp
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-07-01· cited 21×
• Jackson v. Texas Southern University
  S.D. Texas· 2014-02-03· cited 20×
• Patton v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1995-12-21· cited 19×
• Peterson v. Wilson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-05-18· cited 17×

Cites

25 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×
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 14,284×
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 5,431×
• Bishop v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-10· cited 2,973×
• Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-12· cited 1,052×
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-21· cited 995×
• Moises Galindo v. Precision American Corp., Georgia Pacific Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-11· cited 865×
• Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City
  Supreme Court· 1956-04-09· cited 744×
• William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. Thomas
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-08-13· cited 333×
• Maud Lee THORNBROUGH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-05-17· cited 326×
• Norman Jett v. Dallas Independent School District and Frederick Todd
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-08-27· cited 198×
• Dale Schaper v. City of Huntsville, Gene Pipes and Hank Eckhardt
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-05-06· cited 188×
• Johnnie Leonard, Sr. v. Dixie Well Service & Supply, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 186×
• Robert Lee Wilson v. Irvin T. Taylor, as Acting Chairman and Examiner, Civil Service Board
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-13· cited 154×
• Robert B. Brown v. Texas a & M University
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-11-17· cited 130×
• Leonard Levitt v. The University of Texas at El Paso and Haskell Monroe, Individually and as Representative of Utep
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-05-10· cited 119×
• Professional Managers, Inc. v. Fawer, Brian, Hardy & Zatzkis
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-09-10· cited 104×
• United States v. Lulac, Gi Forum and Naacp, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-09-12· cited 56×