U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1996

Leonard Rollon Crawford-El v. Patricia Britton and the District of Columbia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided August 27, 1996 · Edwards, Wald, Silberman, Buckley, Williams, Ginsburg, Sentelle, Henderson, Randolph, Rogers, Tatel

93 F.3d 813; 320 U.S. App. D.C. 150; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 21970; 1996 WL 480432 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

Daniel M. Sehember, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs, for appellant., Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, argued the cause, for appellees. With him on the brief were Charles F. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, and Edward E. Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel. Garland Pinkston, Jr., Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel and Erias A. Hyman, Counsel, entered appearances., Stephen W. Preston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause, for amicus curiae the United States. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Barbara L. Herwig, Assistant Director, Robert M. Loeb, Attorney and Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney., Michael L. Martinez and William J. Demp-ster, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amici curiae J. Michael Quinlan and Loye W. Miller, Jr., Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area.

Cases that cite this one

115 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Crawford-El v. Britton (Supreme Court of the United States 1998)
Banks v. York (District Court, District of Columbia 2007)
Toolasprashad v. Bureau of Prisons (D.C. Cir. 2002)
Farmer v. Hawk (District Court, District of Columbia 1998)
Thaddeus-X and Earnest Bell, Jr. v. Blatter (6th Cir. 1999)
Garcia v. District of Columbia (District Court, District of Columbia 1999)
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (Supreme Court of the United States 2025)
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (Supreme Court of the United States 2025)
Pinson v. United States Department of Justice (District Court, District of Columbia 2017)
Cannon v. District of Columbia (District Court, District of Columbia 2012)
Bridges v. Kelly (District Court, District of Columbia 1997)
McMillian v. Johnson (11th Cir. 1996)
McMillian v. Johnson (11th Cir. 1996)
McMILLIAN v. JOHNSON (11th Cir. 1996)
Byrd v. Moseley (District Court, District of Columbia 1996)
McMillian v. Johnson (11th Cir. 1996)
Stramaski v. Lawley (5th Cir. 2022)
Christiana Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc. (D.C. Cir. 2021)
Christiana Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc. (D.C. Cir. 2021)
(PC) Cortinas v. Soltanian (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2021)
Michael Lacey v. Joseph Arpaio (9th Cir. 2012)
Lacey v. Maricopa County (9th Cir. 2011)
Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Powell (Tex. 2010)
Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Miguel Martinez v. Arthur Powell (Tex. 2010)
Bibbs v. Early (5th Cir. 2008)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

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