Woodyard v. Alabama, 462 U.S. 1136 (1983). · Go Syfert
Woodyard v. Alabama, 462 U.S. 1136 (1983). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
40 citation events (6 in the last 25 years) across 13 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: BRANNIAN v. City of San Diego (casd, 2005-03-29) · Strongest negative: Edward A. Ganey v. Ralph D. Edwards Walter L. Kautzky, Sam P. Garrison Charles E. Smith Daniel G. Durham (ca4, 1985-04-02)
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Top citers, strongest first. 7 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "but see" Edward A. Ganey v. Ralph D. Edwards Walter L. Kautzky, Sam P. Garrison Charles E. Smith Daniel G. Durham (2×)
4th Cir. · 1985 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see Lancaster v. Rodriguez, 701 F.2d 864 (10th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1136 , 103 S.Ct. 3121 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983) (Actual injury must be proven to recover compensatory damages when prisoner's substantive Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is violated); Familias Unidas v. Briscoe, 619 F.2d 391 (5th Cir.1980) (Actual injury must be proven to recover compensatory damages when a plaintiff's First Amendment rights have been violated). 12 The right of access to the justice system may or may not be such a fundamental substantive due process …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." BRANNIAN v. City of San Diego
S.D. Cal. · 2005 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Lancaster v. Rodriguez, 701 F.2d 864, 866 (10th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1136 , 103 S.Ct. 3121 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983) (applying the Piphus rule in an Eighth Amendment context and expressly rejecting any procedural rights/substantive rights distinction as unhelpful and contrary to the underlying rationale); Farrar v. Cain, 756 F.2d 1148, 1152 (5th Cir.1985) (nominal damages for violation of “civil rights”); Smith v. Coughlin, 748 F.2d 783, 789 (2d Cir.1984) (nominal damages for violation of Sixth Amendment rights); Kincaid v. Rusk, 670 F.2d 737, 746 (7th Cir.1982) (award…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Cowans v. Wyrick
8th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
Id.; see, e.g., Lancaster v. Rodriguez, 701 F.2d 864, 866 (10th Cir.) (per curiam) (nominal damages awarded for eighth amendment violation where no proof of actual injury), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1156 , 103 S.Ct. 3121 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983); see generally Restatement (Second) of Torts § 907 comment c (1979).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Cowans v. Wyrick
8th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
Id.; see, e.g., Lancaster v. Rodriguez, 701 F.2d 864, 866 (10th Cir.) (per curiam) (nominal damages awarded for eighth amendment violation where no proof of actual injury), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1136 , 103 S.Ct. 3121 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983); see generally Restatement (Second) of Torts Sec. 907 comment c (1979). 43 In other cases, however, an award of nominal damages would in itself serve both to recognize and vindicate "the importance to organized society that those [constitutional] rights be scrupulously observed." Carey v. Piphus, 435 U.S. at 266 , 98 S.Ct. at 1053 .
cited Cited "see, e.g." Robert C. Bransford v. Robert Brown Dale Foltz
6th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Mitchell v. Wyrick, 698 F.2d 940, 942 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1135 , 103 S.Ct. 3120 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983); United States ex rel.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Ledford v. Gibson
M.D.N.C. · 1986 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Lancaster v. Rodriguez, 701 F.2d 864 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1136 , 103 S.Ct. 3121 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983) (actual injury must be proven to recover compensatory damages when prisoner’s substantive Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is violated) with Parrish v. Johnson, 800 F.2d 600, 610-11 (6th Cir.1986) (compensatory damages may be presumed for some violations of a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights, such as an assault, absent proof of actual injury).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Hope v. State
Ala. Crim. App. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
Hall v. State , 421 So.2d 1334 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Goodman v. State , 387 So.2d 862 (Ala.Cr.App.) cert. denied, 387 So.2d 864 (Ala. 1980)." Zeigler v. State , 443 So.2d 1303 , 1306 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983), cert. denied, 83-68 (Ala. 1984); see also Woodyard v. State , 428 So.2d 136 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982), aff'd, 428 So.2d 138 (Ala.), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1136 , 103 S.Ct. 3120 , 77 L.Ed.2d 1373 (1983).
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Woodyard
v.
Alabama
No. 82-6632.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jun 20, 1983.
462 U.S. 1136
Published

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.