Wilson v. Kelkhoff

How courts have described this case

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

• granting absolute immunity to members of a prison review board who revoked a plaintiff’s release after a hearing
• absolute immunity proper for \activities that are inexorably connected with the execution of parole revocation procedures and are analogous to judicial action\
• absolute immunity for members of parole board when they “grant, deny, or revoke parole,” quoting Walrath v. United States, 35 F.3d 277, 281 (7th Cir. 1994)
• probation officer's decision to file violation report and notice of charges is not adjudicative if it does not require independent decision-making
• absolute immunity protects against both actual decision making and any act that is “part and parcel” of the decision making process
• absolute immunity protects against both actual decision making and any act that is “part and parcel” of the decision making process

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Edward Tobey v. Brenda Chibucos
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-05-15· cited 627×
• Scotto v. Almenas
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-05· cited 503×
• Norwood v. Vance
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-09· cited 147×
• James Brunson v. Scott Murray
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-12-13· cited 135×
• McKnight v. Middleton
  E.D. New York· 2010-03-29· cited 108×
• Raymond Heyde v. Gary Pittenger
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-01-11· cited 82×
• Davis v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-10-06· cited 55×
• United States v. Michael Coscia
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-08-07· cited 51×
• Saint-Guillen v. United States
  E.D. New York· 2009-09-28· cited 21×
• Dallin Fort v. State of Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-07-26· cited 20×
• Curry v. Castillo
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-06· cited 11×
• DeSilva v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-09-07· cited 10×
• Borzych v. Frank
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2004-10-14· cited 7×
• Asquith v. Volunteers of America
  D. New Jersey· 1998-03-20· cited 7×
• Tobin for Governor v. Illinois State Board of Elections
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-10-05· cited 6×
• Koutnik v. Brown
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2004-12-30· cited 5×
• Omar Gay v. Amy Parsons
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-03-13· cited 4×
• Doyle v. Camelot Care Centers, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2001-03-30· cited 2×
• Dawson, Lance v. Newman, Thomas
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-18· cited 1×
• Norwood v. Vance
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-07

Cites

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

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Sandin v. Conner
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 9,097×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• Siegert v. Gilley
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-23· cited 2,725×
• Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 2,450×
• Forrester v. White
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-12· cited 2,252×
• Burns v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 1,988×
• Cleavinger v. Saxner
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-10· cited 1,070×
• Board of Pardons v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 775×
• Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 543×
• Maynard v. City of San Jose
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-10-13· cited 206×
• Clarence C. Trotter v. Paul J. Klincar, Individually and as Acting Chairman of the Prison Review Board
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-11-27· cited 135×
• Thompson v. Duke
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-08-14· cited 105×
• Chester Russ v. Paul Uppah, Rod Cozzetto, and John R. Enright
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-07-29· cited 96×
• Maltby v. Winston
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-14· cited 92×
• Wilson v. Kelkhoff
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-06-18· cited 83×
• Charles G. Erff v. Markhon Industries, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-01-16· cited 70×
• Downey v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 70×