Phillips v. Hanse’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[cjounty law enforcement officers such as [Roper] are entitled to official or qualified immunity for the negligent performance of discretionary acts within the scope of their authority, but they may be personally liable if they negligently perform a ministerial act or act with actual malice or an intent to injure when performing a discretionary act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roper v. Greenway

2. “the term 'actual malice' denote[s] 'express malice or malice in fact.' " (Citation, punctuation and footnote omitted) Phillips v. Hanse , 281 Ga. 133 , 135 (2), 637 S.E.2d 11 (2006). "[A]ctual malice [is] something more than implied malice, which ... [has] been defined to mean conduct exhibiting a reckless disregard for human life.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ORTEGA Et Al. v. COFFEY Et Al.

3. “the term 'actual malice' denote[s] 'express malice or malice in fact.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ORTEGA Et Al. v. COFFEY Et Al.