116 N.C. App. 197 - Robinette v. Barriger’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 112 N.C. App. 604 - Taylor v. Ashburn · Vaughn v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources · Grad v. Kaasa · 73 N.C. App. 44 - Wiggins v. City of Monroe · 109 N.C. App. 379 - Whitaker v. Clark
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is held in this State that public officers, in the performance of their official and governmental duties involving the exercise of judgment and discretion, may not be held liable as individuals for breach of such duty unless they act corruptly and of malice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.