Dickens v. DeBolt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"Something different in this context must involve greater protection to the officer whose acts are later called into question. `Bad faith,' therefore, cannot be permitted to defeat immunity under ORS 496.620 when it would not defeat immunity under ORS 30.265(3)(c)." ( 39 Or. App. at 580-81 , 592 P.2d at 1085-86 .) We disagree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dickens v. DeBolt

2. “"At all times material herein, defendant was acting in his official capacity as a trooper of the Oregon State Police, and seized said sturgeon and water ski rope as the fruits of a crime and at the time of and pursuant to a valid arrest." (ORS 496.620).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dickens v. DeBolt

3. “is irrelevant in determining whether a state officer is immune for discretionary acts under ORS 30.265(3)(c) — the state Tort Claims Act — and that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dickens v. DeBolt