William C. Cameron v. John C. Brock

How courts have described this case

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

• class of supporters of a local candidate for office who sought to disseminate political literature
• conspiracy by sheriff to harass political opponents states § 1985(3) claim
• conspiracy to deprive anti-Nixon demonstrators of First Amendment protections
• “[Section] 1985(3)’s protection reaches clearly defined classes, such as supporters of a political candidate. If a plaintiff can show that he was denied the protection of the law because of the class of which he was a member, he has an actionable claim under § 1985(3).”
• supporters of an incumbent sheriff’s election opponent
• Republicans are protected under § 1985(3)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 871×
• Alan Aulson Et Ux. Maureen Aulson v. Charles Blanchard
  First Circuit· 1996-04-25· cited 702×
• James H. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, International Brotherhood of Electricalworkers, Local 605 Electrical Workers
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-01-20· cited 226×
• Barbara Girard v. 94th Street and Fifth Avenue Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1976-05-19· cited 198×
• Marjorie Glasson v. City of Louisville
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-06-13· cited 187×
• Keating v. Carey
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-18· cited 170×
• Marlowe v. Fisher Body
  Sixth Circuit· 1973-12-06· cited 155×
• Martin McNally v. The Pulitzer Publishing Company and Ted Gest
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-03-30· cited 143×
• Russell Means v. Dick Wilson
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-08-05· cited 132×
• Terry F. Browder v. Ronald D. Tipton
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-09-30· cited 123×
• Life Insurance Co. Of North America v. Martha Ellen Reichardt, Etc., Martha Ellen Reichardt v. Wesley J. Kinder
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-03-12· cited 120×
• Douglas M. Grimes v. William (Bill) Smith, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-11-26· cited 110×
• Perez-Sanchez v. Public Building Authority
  First Circuit· 2008-06-30· cited 105×
• Taylor v. Brighton Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-02-14· cited 94×
• Santiago v. City of Philadelphia
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1977-07-20· cited 93×
• McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-02-05· cited 93×
• Curran v. Portland Superintending School Committee
  D. Maine· 1977-07-18· cited 92×
• Lessman v. McCormick
  Tenth Circuit· 1979-01-26· cited 91×
• Carol Conklin v. Leo E. Lovely Joe W. Wakeley and John Huss
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-12-03· cited 90×
• Daniel R. Murphy v. Mount Carmel High School, Gerald A. Senese v. Robert Simpson
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-11-02· cited 85×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Griffin v. Breckenridge
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 3,211×
• Snowden v. Hughes
  Supreme Court· 1944-03-13· cited 1,478×
• Regina Lee Azar v. James R. Conley
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-02-22· cited 92×
• Tredwell A. Harrison and M. Gale Harrison v. William G. Brooks
  First Circuit· 1971-07-27· cited 36×
• Ivy v. Osborne
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1925-09-06· cited 26×
• State Ex Rel. Morris v. National Surety Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-06-10· cited 17×
• J. C. Waters v. Austin McClary Sheriff of Polk County, Tennessee, Yvonne Waters v. Austin McClary Sheriff of Polk County, Tennessee
  Sixth Circuit· 1965-04-13· cited 2×