Whitner v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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

• the University and the Board of Regents are not “persons” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• where complaint “plainly indicates” plaintiff intends to invoke certain statute, 6 failure to cite statute in complaint “is of no consequence”
• state college not a “person”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Morrison v. Jones
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-10-19· cited 88×
• United States v. Southern California Edison Co.
  E.D. California· 2004-01-09· cited 74×
• Golden Gate Acceptance Corp., and Fred Kohlenberg v. General Motors Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-05-23· cited 27×
• Johnson v. Rockefeller
  S.D. New York· 1972-12-18· cited 23×
• Dougall v. Sugarman
  S.D. New York· 1971-05-24· cited 9×
• Ahmed v. Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-08-28· cited 8×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. California
  E.D. California· 1981-04-03· cited 6×
• Schmidt v. Frank
  E.D. New York· 1974-04-23· cited 1×
• Maryland Public Interest Research Group v. Elkins
  D. Maryland· 1976-12-30

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-03· cited 954×
• Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 644×
• Damico v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 307×
• Clyatt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1905-03-13· cited 280×
• Michael Cohen v. Russell K. Norris
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-01-30· cited 258×
• Houghton v. Shafer
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 246×
• Neal Clark v. State of Washington, and Washington State Bar Association, an Agency of State Government, the State Bar of California, Amicus Curiae
  Ninth Circuit· 1966-10-31· cited 215×
• Angelynn York v. Ron Story and Louis Moreno
  Ninth Circuit· 1963-10-28· cited 187×
• Whitner v. Davis
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-04-03· cited 93×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1965-12-03· cited 73×
• Craycroft v. Ferrall
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-03-05· cited 64×
• Harold J. Frazier v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
  Fifth Circuit· 1966-07-11· cited 43×
• Sarah Louise McCoy on Behalf of Herself and Others Similarly Situated v. Louisiana State Board of Education
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-05-24· cited 33×
• Sarah Louise McCoy on Behalf of Herself and Others Similarly Situated v. Louisiana State Board of Education
  Fifth Circuit· 1964-06-05· cited 30×
• Wall v. Stanly County Board of Education
  Fourth Circuit· 1967-05-19· cited 30×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1968-02-19· cited 29×
• Dorsey v. State Athletic Commission
  E.D. Louisiana· 1958-11-28· cited 27×
• In Re Johnson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-05-15· cited 10×