Thomas Byrd v. William P. Brishke

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that liability for failure to intervene exists only if the beating occurred in the officer’s presence or was otherwise within his knowledge
• holding that “nonfeasor” officers who were present could be liable for failing to intervene
• liability for failure to intervene exists only if the beating occurred in the officer’s presence or was otherwise within his knowledge
• officer may be held liable for failing to intervene when another officer abuses a prisoner
• officers who watched arrestee being beaten held liable on conspiracy theory
• “[O]ne who is given a badge of authority of a police officer may not ignore the duty imposed by his office and fail to stop other officers who summarily punish a third person in his presence or otherwise within his knowledge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Rizzo v. Goode
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-26· cited 5,802×
• Smith v. Mensinger
  Third Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 652×
• Marc J. Anderson & Jeffrey E. Grubb v. Dennis Branen, Ross Kindestin, Ed Wisniefski
  Second Circuit· 1994-02-24· cited 642×
• Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Desiderio Cartagena and Domingo Alvarez, Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Pedro N. Soto and Edwin F. Gotay
  First Circuit· 1989-08-17· cited 552×
• Estate of Marvin L. Booker v. Gomez
  Tenth Circuit· 2014-03-11· cited 527×
• Betty J. Archie v. City of Racine, Ronald W. Chiapete, and George W. Giese
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-23· cited 482×
• Mike Yang v. Paul Hardin
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-28· cited 481×
• Robert A. Gaudreault v. Municipality of Salem, Massachusetts
  First Circuit· 1990-11-19· cited 465×
• Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon Pizarro
  First Circuit· 1995-06-20· cited 452×
• Hampton v. Hanrahan
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-23· cited 368×
• Marie Ellsworth & Paul Ellsworth v. City of Racine, a Municipal Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-09-23· cited 298×
• Krout v. Goemmer
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-10-06· cited 265×
• United States v. Stacey C. Koon, Cross-Appellee. United States of America v. Laurence M. Powell, Cross-Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-08-19· cited 258×
• Rascon v. Hardiman
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-26· cited 214×
• White v. Rochford
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-02-13· cited 198×
• Michael Jamie Fundiller and Rae Winder Fundiller, His Wife, Plaintiffs v. The City of Cooper City, a Municipal Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-12-11· cited 187×
• Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph Coughlin
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-11-18· cited 179×
• Sun Cha Byrd v. Tommy Clark, Clifford Black, Larry Collins, Joey Whitley, Drew Solomon, and the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-03-03· cited 162×
• Putman v. Gerloff
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-01-28· cited 137×
• Lusby v. T.G. & Y. Stores, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1984-11-23· cited 137×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 924×
• William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-03-04· cited 285×
• Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1911-05-15· cited 132×
• Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Doster
  Supreme Court· 1882-10-23· cited 129×
• Pawling and Others v. The United States
  Supreme Court· 1808-02-27· cited 109×
• Huey v. Barloga
  N.D. Illinois· 1967-12-27· cited 80×
• Symkowski v. Miller
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1969-01-20· cited 9×