Wallace v. Texas Tech Univ.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that speech about financial assistance and handling racial discrimination does not qualify as protected speech
• holding that Texas Tech and Texas Tech employees enjoy Eleventh Amendment immunity and qualified immunity respectively against § 1981 claims
• holding that summary judgment was proper when a plaintiff basketball coach “produced no evidence that his association with the players was one entitled to constitutional protection”
• indicating that \speech made in the role as employee\ can be of public concern when it \involv[es] the report of corruption or wrongdoing to higher authorities\
• recognizing a difference in experience as a legitimate, nondiscriminatory justification and affirming summary judgment in favor of employer
• indicating that \speech made in the role as employee\ can be of public concern when it \involv[es] the report of corruption or wrongdoing to higher authorities\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Byers v. Dallas Morning News, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-24· cited 601×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-09-08· cited 485×
• Club Retro, L.L.C. v. Hilton
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-05-06· cited 380×
• Stahl v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-03-18· cited 366×
• Kinney v. Weaver
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-19· cited 321×
• Lauderdale v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-12-21· cited 274×
• Stephanie Walker Nyree Preston v. Cheryl Thompson Don Kingston Glasfloss Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-06-13· cited 270×
• Herman Raggs v. Mississippi Power & Light Company
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-03· cited 247×
• Harrington v. Harris
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-14· cited 230×
• Kinney v. Weaver
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-24· cited 226×
• Carol Rae Cooper Foulds v. Texas Tech University
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-04-01· cited 196×
• Craig Singletary v. Missouri Department of Corrections
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-09-14· cited 188×
• Messer v. Meno
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-12-11· cited 185×
• Mary Pat McDonnell and Thomas W. Boockmeier v. Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-05-20· cited 170×
• Felton v. Polles
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-12-17· cited 168×
• Kerr v. Lyford
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-04-14· cited 139×
• Bellows v. Amoco Oil Co, TX
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-17· cited 136×
• Branton v. City of Dallas
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-09· cited 126×
• Jeff Armstrong v. Turner Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-06-08· cited 118×
• Kennedy v. Tangipahoa Parish Library Board of Control
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-08-21· cited 115×

Cites

44 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×
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 14,197×
• Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-11-09· cited 8,430×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Little v. Liquid Air Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-26· cited 5,418×
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-03· cited 2,030×
• Honig v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 2,029×
• Susan Waltman v. International Paper Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-06-16· cited 839×
• City of Dallas v. Stanglin
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 583×
• Joseph M. Schultea, Sr. v. David Robert Wood, David Robert Wood, Homer Ford, W.F. \Slim\ Plagens and Warren K. Driver
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-09· cited 471×
• Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-04· cited 439×
• Calvin Rhodes v. Guiberson Oil Tools
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-01-31· cited 349×
• Freeman v. City of Santa Ana
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-10-19· cited 302×
• DeAngelis v. El Paso Municipal Police Officers Ass'n
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-11· cited 194×
• Maureen E. Coughlin and Frank S. Mistretta v. Harry Lee A/K/A Jefferson Parish Sheriff
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-11-12· cited 182×
• Riley D. POUNCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-02-22· cited 173×
• Gary Terrell v. University of Texas System Police
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-06-30· cited 172×
• Jeannene Meinecke v. H & R Block of Houston, a General Partnership, and Administaff, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-11-09· cited 153×
• Harvey A. Thompson v. City of Starkville, Mississippi, David Lindley, Larry Sisk, and Jimmy Raines, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-03· cited 148×