City of Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Tuttle

Decided June 3, 1985. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1919 · 471 U.S. 808 (1985) · Cited 3,810 times

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. · 453 U.S. 247 (1981)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Imbler v. Pachtman · 424 U.S. 409 (1976)
• Polk County v. Dodson · 454 U.S. 312 (1981)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Briscoe v. LaHue · 460 U.S. 325 (1983)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur · 414 U.S. 632 (1974)
• Baker v. McCollan · 443 U.S. 137 (1979)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Brandon v. Holt · 469 U.S. 464 (1985)
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
• Procunier v. Navarette · 434 U.S. 555 (1978)
• Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co. · 285 U.S. 393 (1932)
• On Lee v. United States · 343 U.S. 747 (1952)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• City of Springfield v. Kibbe · 480 U.S. 257 (1987)
• City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik · 485 U.S. 112 (1988)
• City of Canton v. Harris · 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · 520 U.S. 397 (1997)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115 (1992)
• Kentucky v. Graham · 473 U.S. 159 (1985)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller · 475 U.S. 796 (1986)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Gardebring v. Jenkins · 485 U.S. 415 (1988)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356 (1990)
• Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · 503 U.S. 638 (1992)
• Knowles v. Iowa · 525 U.S. 113 (1998)
• United States v. Williams · 504 U.S. 36 (1992)
• Lee v. Kemna · 534 U.S. 362 (2002)
• Sochor v. Florida · 504 U.S. 527 (1992)
• Bowen v. American Hospital Assn. · 476 U.S. 610 (1986)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp. · 510 U.S. 27 (1993)

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