William H. Traver v. David Meshriy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an off-duty officer serving as a security officer 12082 VILLEGAS v. GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL at a bank was acting under color of law when the officer flashed police identification when arresting the plaintiff
• outlining the factors which a court should consider in deciding whether to exercise its discretion to affirm despite an error with respect to one theory of liability
• noting that a tenuous § 1983 claim is not frivolous
• no need to reach sufficiency of evidence for weak section 1983 claim where that claim “all but derivative” of state tort claims
• no need to reach sufficiency of evidence for weak section 1983 claim where that claim \all but derivative\ of state tort claims
• defenses of reasonable conduct and action in good faith apply to the improperly presented section 1983 claim as well as to the properly instructed state tort actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gibson v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-23· cited 1,128×
• Laurie Tsao v. Desert Palace, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-10-23· cited 980×
• John J. Pitchell v. James F. Callan, Gregory Sargis and City of Hartford, David J. Lesser and Steven Del Sole, Special Masters
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-03· cited 591×
• Arthur Wayne Carson, Cross-Appellee v. Officer Polley, Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-16· cited 566×
• Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon Pizarro
  First Circuit· 1995-06-20· cited 452×
• William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. Itt Continental Baking Company, Inc., William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. Itt Continental Baking Company, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-02-10· cited 371×
• Chauncey L. Moore, Jr. v. The Marketplace Restaurant, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-02-11· cited 313×
• Hurley v. Atlantic City Police Department
  Third Circuit· 1999-05-11· cited 276×
• Leigh Furniture and Carpet Co. v. Isom
  Utah Supreme Court· 1982-12-10· cited 202×
• Frank Douglas v. Marvin Anderson, Raymond Hanson, Board of Directors, Hastings College of Law and Hastings Service Foundation, Inc., a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-09-17· cited 198×
• Villegas v. Gilroy Garlic Festival Ass'n
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-03· cited 189×
• Remo Benigni, Dba the Silver Fox v. City of Hemet Roger Miller Jesse Pease Scott Jernigan
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-06-15· cited 151×
• Curtis Rookaird v. Bnsf Railway Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-11-08· cited 148×
• Lusby v. T.G. & Y. Stores, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1984-11-23· cited 137×
• Coleen R. Roberts v. College of the Desert, C.A. Patterson, and Fern Stout
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-03-15· cited 130×
• Davis v. Rennie
  First Circuit· 2001-09-05· cited 125×
• Webb v. Sloan
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-05-29· cited 105×
• Crystal Pickrel v. City of Springfield, Illinois, David Dyer, and McGraw Enterprises, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-01-23· cited 92×
• Thomas J. Hard v. Burlington Northern Railroad
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-03-09· cited 86×
• Chester Oglesby v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-09-24· cited 85×

Cites

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

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Hagans v. Lavine
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 2,844×
• Clyde Mattox v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1892-11-14· cited 1,086×
• Griffin v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 221×
• California Computer Products, Inc. And Century Data Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs v. International Business MacHines Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-11-16· cited 218×
• Cervantez v. J. C. Penney Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1979-06-15· cited 179×
• Hinman v. Westinghouse Electric Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1970-07-30· cited 179×
• Casey D. Stengel v. Raymond L. Belcher, Individually and as a Police Officer of the Policedepartment of the City of Columbus
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-09-16· cited 165×
• UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julian S. H. WEINER, Marvin Al Lichtig and Solomon Block, Appellants
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-07-21· cited 156×
• Rodgers v. Kemper Construction Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-08-12· cited 142×
• Barbaro Flores v. Stanley J. Pierce
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-05-07· cited 103×
• Robert A. Maheu, and v. Hughes Tool Company, a Corporation, Now Known as Summa Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant And
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-01-12· cited 97×
• Belcher v. Stengel
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 80×
• Thomas v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 79×
• Noble v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-07-25· cited 72×
• Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Cutrer
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-04· cited 67×
• People v. Corey
  California Supreme Court· 1978-07-31· cited 54×
• Collyer v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1936-01-22· cited 54×
• United States v. Spencer Marques, United States of America v. Mark Reason Belcher, United States of America v. Harry Leroy
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-07-24· cited 51×