Wolfe v. Strankman

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a 25 claim can proceed against a state official in his or her official capacity under § 1983 when that official is sued for injunctive relief
• noting that injunctive and equitable relief are not available in § 1983 individual-capacity suits
• “[S]tate agencies are also protected from suit under § 1983.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dougherty v. City of Covina
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-08-16· cited 831×
• Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-04-03· cited 262×
• Doe v. See
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-03-03· cited 188×
• Mothershed v. Justices of the Supreme Court
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-06-06· cited 136×
• Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. United States Forest Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-04-04· cited 114×
• Anthony Allen v. Lawrence DeBello
  Third Circuit· 2017-06-27· cited 106×
• Mark Munoz v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-01-09· cited 86×
• Pedro Rosales-Martinez v. Colby Palmer
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-06-03· cited 83×
• Sanchez v. City of Fresno
  E.D. California· 2012-12-26· cited 56×
• Corcoran v. CVS Health Corp.
  N.D. California· 2016-03-14· cited 50×
• Lacano Investments, LLC v. Joe Balash
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-28· cited 37×
• Romero v. Securus Technologies, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2016-10-24· cited 31×
• Stickrath v. Globalstar, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2007-09-25· cited 28×
• Manufactured Home Communities Inc. v. City of San Jose
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-08-23· cited 23×
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alia Corp.
  E.D. California· 2012-02-06· cited 23×
• American Federation of Government Employees Local 1 v. Stone
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-09-05· cited 21×
• Howard Iten v. County of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-08-30· cited 19×
• Activevideo Networks, Inc. v. Trans Video Electronics, Ltd.
  N.D. California· 2013-09-30· cited 18×
• United Aeronautical Corp. v. Usaf
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-09-07· cited 18×
• County of Santa Clara v. Trump
  N.D. California· 2017-07-20· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 14,197×
• Kentucky v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 11,385×
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 7,192×
• Hafer v. Melo
  Supreme Court· 1991-11-05· cited 4,063×
• Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-07-01· cited 1,884×
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 1,457×
• Edward G. Eldridge v. Sherman Block
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-12-22· cited 908×
• Eric Noel v. Brian C. Hall Sandra A. Hall, Fka Sandra Johnson, and Gabrielle S. Lennartz Herb Weisser Michelle A. Merchant
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-02· cited 905×
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 904×
• Shelley Savage v. Glendale Union High School, District No. 205, Maricopa County
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-10· cited 733×
• Wolfe v. Strankman
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-12-14· cited 439×
• Gilbertson v. Albright
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-09-03· cited 263×
• Ecological Rights Foundation Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-10-30· cited 262×
• Kougasian v. TMSL, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-02-26· cited 239×
• Moreno Avalos Cortez Mauricio Robert Avalos Terry Leach Lydia Avalos Guillermo Avalos Kathy Granillo v. County of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-06-27· cited 153×
• In Re the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in Re Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico, and Fundacion Colegio De Abogados
  First Circuit· 1982-12-08· cited 125×
• Spero Saridakis v. United Airlines
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-02-03· cited 86×
• Wolfgram v. Wells Fargo Bank
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-02-27· cited 73×
• Richard Ceballos v. Gil Garcetti Frank Sundstedt Carol Najera County of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-03-22· cited 68×