Thomas v. Roach

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that summary judgment was appropriate in case where the plaintiff’s claims on the existence of an agreement were conclusory and vague
• finding that although plaintiff “who is black, is a member of a protected class,” such assertion is insufficient to “demonstrate that the officers selected their course of action because of his race.”
• no need to consider an argument that is raised for the first time in the reply brief
• “The Fourth Amendment protects against the use of excessive force by police officers in carrying out an arrest.”
• “Section 1983 itself creates no substantive rights; it provides only a procedure for redress for the deprivation of rights established elsewhere.”
• “Section 1983 itself creates no substantive rights; it provides only a procedure for redress for the deprivation of rights established elsewhere.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Yousef
  Second Circuit· 2003-04-04· cited 435×
• Smith v. Mensinger
  Third Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 406×
• Thomas v. Roach
  Second Circuit· 1999-01-07· cited 390×
• Govan v. Campbell
  N.D. New York· 2003-10-29· cited 346×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 2006-10-04· cited 304×
• Curley v. Village of Suffern
  Second Circuit· 2001-09-10· cited 173×
• McClellan v. Smith
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-24· cited 165×
• In Re: Jerasimos Papapanayotou, Esq., Jerasimos Papapanayotou, Esq. v. Jeffrey Sapir, Esq., as Chapter 7 Trustee
  Second Circuit· 2000-07-10· cited 155×
• Curry v. City Of Syracuse
  Second Circuit· 2003-01-15· cited 131×
• Jean-Laurent v. Wilkinson
  S.D. New York· 2008-03-24· cited 128×
• Chamberlain v. City of White Plains
  S.D. New York· 2013-12-10· cited 124×
• Paul Palmieri v. Pamela Lynch, AKA Pam Lynch, John Doe 1
  Second Circuit· 2004-12-10· cited 121×
• Ying Li v. City of New York
  E.D. New York· 2017-03-31· cited 117×
• McGinty v. New York
  Second Circuit· 2001-05-22· cited 115×
• Britt v. Garcia
  Second Circuit· 2006-07-25· cited 109×
• United States v. Deborah A. Brown
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-16· cited 104×
• Timothy T. Ryan, Jr. And Garrett Wainwright v. Mary Immaculate Queen Center
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-08-17· cited 91×
• United States v. Lance Samaria, AKA Lance Samarie, Eric Rondell Glover, Frank Elaiho
  Second Circuit· 2001-01-23· cited 90×
• Vassallo Ex Rel. K v. v. Lando
  E.D. New York· 2008-10-31· cited 88×
• United States v. Greer
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-07· cited 86×

Cites

40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle
  Supreme Court· 1985-08-14· cited 3,810×
• Griffin v. Breckenridge
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 3,211×
• Gomez v. Toledo
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-27· cited 2,697×
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 2,104×
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 1,347×
• Adeline Lennon v. Chief William P. Miller, the City of Troy, Patrolman Donald J. Backaus, and Patrolman Peter Gordon
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-12· cited 685×
• James Walker v. The City of New York
  Second Circuit· 1992-09-04· cited 673×
• Connie Robison v. Susan R. Via and Harold Harrison
  Second Circuit· 1987-06-17· cited 642×
• Derry Sykes v. John James, New York State Parole Officer
  Second Circuit· 1993-12-30· cited 642×
• Perma Research and Development Company v. The Singer Company
  Second Circuit· 1969-04-25· cited 537×
• Ricciuti v. N.Y.C. Transit Authority
  Second Circuit· 1997-08-21· cited 409×
• Julio Giano v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Thomas Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services
  Second Circuit· 1995-05-16· cited 273×
• John P. Mack v. United States of America, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1987-03-30· cited 190×