Swofford v. Eslinger

How courts have described this case

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

• denying qualified immunity where officer knew a property owner was likely lawfully armed on his own property and failed to give a warning or identify himself before shooting

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Knight Ex Rel. Kerr v. Miami-Dade County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-05-05· cited 177×
• Est of La'Mello Parker v. MS Dept
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-06-06· cited 12×
• Greer v. Ivey
  M.D. Florida· 2017-03-14· cited 2×

Cites

43 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×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Katz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
• Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 1981-11-03· cited 11,375×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Oliver v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-17· cited 1,923×
• Welsh v. Wisconsin
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-15· cited 1,874×
• Bill Clark Herbert Futch Austin Hurst Louis Sliker and William Barrineau v. Coats & Clark, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-04-19· cited 1,800×
• Michigan v. Tyler
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 1,386×
• United States v. Santana
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 1,382×
• United States v. Dunn
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-20· cited 1,336×
• Georgia v. Randolph
  Supreme Court· 2006-03-22· cited 1,203×
• Miller v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-23· cited 1,055×
• Priester v. City of Riviera Beach
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-04-04· cited 506×
• Case v. Eslinger
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-01-29· cited 354×
• Nathaniel Porter, Jr. v. Walter S. Ray, Jr.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-06-21· cited 264×
• Douglas McClish v. Richard B. Nugent
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-04-11· cited 217×
• Vaughan v. Cox
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-08-29· cited 208×