242 Ga. App. 309 - Phillips v. Walls’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
May 2007
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · Woodard v. Laurens County · Nelson v. Spalding County · 196 Ga. App. 95 - Joyce v. Van Arsdale · 224 Ga. App. 137 - Goring v. Martinez
Most-quoted passages
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“A ministerial act is commonly one that is simple, absolute, and definite, arising under conditions admitted or proved to exist, and requiring merely the execution of a specific duty. A discretionary act, however, calls for the exercise of personal deliberation and judgment, which in turn entails examining the facts, reaching reasoned conclusions, and acting on them in a way not specifically directed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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