United States v. Morvant

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing individual liability for the operator of a dental office under the ADA
• finding individual defendant dentist liable under Title III despite operating his practice as a corporation since he was the sole owner, director, and president of the corporation and was charged directly with refusing treatment in violation of the ADA
• “The Fifth Circuit has stated that because a federal civil rights action arises from the defendant’s violation of a duty imposed by federal law, that action should be characterized ‘as one sounding in tort – i.e., an “offense or quasi-offense.”’”

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Davoll v. Webb
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-10-25· cited 256×
• Guckenberger v. Boston University
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-28· cited 112×
• Hoepfl v. Barlow
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-11-02· cited 48×
• Coddington v. Adelphi University
  E.D. New York· 1999-03-29· cited 31×
• Sivils v. Mitchell
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1997-11-07· cited 24×
• Howe v. Hull
  N.D. Ohio· 1994-11-21· cited 23×
• Howe v. Hull
  N.D. Ohio· 1994-05-25· cited 17×
• United States v. Morvant
  E.D. Louisiana· 1995-03-23· cited 16×
• United States v. City and County of Denver
  D. Colorado· 1996-10-10· cited 15×
• Gonzales v. Garner Food Services, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 1994-03-17· cited 11×
• Hohider v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2007-07-26· cited 10×
• Civil Rights Education & Enforcement Center v. Sage Hospitality Resources LLC
  D. Colorado· 2016-03-28· cited 7×
• Jenkins v. BD. OF EDUC. OF HOUSTON INDEP. DIST.
  S.D. Texas· 1996-08-22· cited 5×
• Green Ex Rel. Estate of Green v. City of Welch
  S.D. West Virginia· 2006-12-22· cited 5×
• Nordwall v. PHC-LAS Cruces, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2013-07-31· cited 4×
• Jenkins v. Board of Education
  S.D. Texas· 1996-08-22· cited 1×
• Hernandez v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  M.D. Florida· 1997-09-23

Other cases named United States v. Morvant

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• United States v. Morvant
  E.D. Louisiana· 1995-03-23· cited 16×