Holloway v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
784 F.2d 1287 · 1986
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2016 · most notably Zinermon v. Burch (1990), Mahone v. Addicks Utility District (1988)
34 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Parratt v. Taylor · Daniels v. Williams · Hudson v. Palmer · Rochin v. People of California
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“random and unauthorized act by a state employee”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“On November 18, 1982, Holloway and Humble brought [a section 1983 action] (the 'civil rights case ') against Judge Walker, the Brownings, legal counsel for the Brownings and many others, alleging that all the defendants had conspired to violate Holloway's and Humble's civil rights in the 1979 case. The complaint allege[d] that Walker and the other defendants conspired to seize control of Humble through the abuse of Walker's judicial office. Holloway contend[ed] that pursuant to the conspiracy Walker arranged to have the 1982 case brought before his court contrary to the usual procedure for assigning cases, that Walker thereafter arranged to have the 1979 and the 1982 case consolidated in his court, that he imposed receiverships on Humble's and Holloway's assets, defied a mandamus order of the Texas Court of Appeals to refrain from interfering in Humble's business, appointed an incompetent receiver for Humble, dismissed many Humble personnel [including attorneys], posted guards at Humble's headquarters to seize the building, [prohibited release of corporate and legal files during the trial], and, in a hotel near the courthouse, conducted meetings regarding Humble's business, all in furtherance of the conspiracy. Holloway contend[ed] extensive damage was done to him and Humble through Walker's pernicious actions ... [on appeal, we affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that its allegations did "not amount to a violation of constitutional due process”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Browning v. Navarro“The case was remanded and the presiding judge assigned it to a retired state judge who ordered enforcement of a prior settlement agreement. In 1981, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas (the 'Texas court of appeals') reversed the order enforcing the settlement agreement and remanded the case for a jury trial. The Texas Supreme Court found no reversible error. Upon remand from the state appellate courts, the 1979 case was assigned to a different retired state judge who entered an order nullifying the prior settlement agreement. 7”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Browning v. Navarro
How this case has been treated — in progress
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