Wallace Watts v. Odom Graves, Sheriff

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he statute of limitations [applicable to a §1983 claim] may serve as a proper ground for dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)”
• statute of limitations is a \proper\ ground for a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John E. Washington v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-07-10· cited 246×
• Malina v. Gonzales
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-06-25· cited 201×
• Ellis D. Burrell v. Jimmy Newsome, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-09-19· cited 159×
• Munz v. Parr
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-03-29· cited 158×
• Ernest M. Serio v. Members of Louisiana State Board of Pardons, Howard Marsellus, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-07-17· cited 119×
• McKinley Dale Thomas v. Ted Kippermann
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-06-09· cited 81×
• John M. Hagerty v. Succession of Laura McCloskey Clement
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-12-17· cited 80×
• Besing v. Hawthorne (In Re Besing)
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-01-28· cited 42×
• Williams v. Enterprise Leasing Co. of Norfolk/Richmond
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-12-29· cited 28×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-05-03· cited 26×
• Richard H. And Patsy J. Bramblett v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-07-20· cited 23×
• Lula B. TRIPLETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-08-05· cited 21×
• Thompson v. Aland
  N.D. Texas· 1986-07-14· cited 20×
• Lawson v. Shelby County
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-05-03· cited 17×
• Matter of Besing
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-02-04· cited 14×
• Hampton v. Kroger Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1995-06-21· cited 11×
• Collin County v. Homeowners Ass'n for Values Essential to Neighborhoods (HAVEN)
  N.D. Texas· 1987-01-30· cited 11×
• Craig v. St. Martin Parish Sheriff
  W.D. Louisiana· 1994-08-22· cited 11×
• Federal Savings And Loan Insurance Corporation v. Mackie
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-06· cited 10×
• McDowell v. Fort Bend Independent School District
  S.D. Texas· 1990-04-30· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Brady v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 7,191×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• Tollett v. Henderson
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-17· cited 3,425×
• United States v. Kubrick
  Supreme Court· 1979-11-28· cited 2,486×
• State v. Crosby
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-11-03· cited 1,765×
• United States v. White
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 1,155×
• Menna v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-01· cited 1,036×
• Haring v. Prosise
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-13· cited 606×
• Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-07-05· cited 303×
• Nial Ruth Cox v. A. M. Stanton, M.D.
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-10-06· cited 234×
• Welch v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-05-22· cited 169×
• George Andrew Lavellee, Jr. v. Carlo Listi, Sheriff, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-15· cited 160×
• State v. McKinney
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-11-16· cited 101×
• Cleveland Colson v. Lamont Smith, Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-01-21· cited 91×
• Ronald P. Richardson v. Les Fleming
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-22· cited 90×
• Jamil Abdul-Alim Amin v. Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-06-06· cited 83×
• Robert Vernon Bruce v. Henry Wade, District Attorney, Clarence Jones, Sheriff, Carl Roland, Chief Jailer, Alan Sweatt, Jail Director
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-08-27· cited 61×
• Bickford v. International Speedway Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-08-31· cited 56×