Smith v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
3
states following
November 2000
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. Dale · 413 So. 2d 391 - DeStafney v. University of Alabama · Bell v. Chisom · 421 So. 2d 1257 - Hickman v. Dothan City Bd. of Educ.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“exercise in judgment and choice and [involving] what is just and proper under the circumstances.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“[e]xposure to liability for such decisions, which are made on the state's behalf, would unduly hamper the decision-making process and impose undesirable shackles on the agencies of government.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"(1) Except as provided in this Section a public officer is not immune from tort liability. "(2) A public officer acting within the general scope of his authority is immune from tort liability for an act or omission involving the exercise of a judicial or legislative function. "(3) A public officer acting within the general scope of his authority is not subject to tort liability for an administrative act or omission if "(a) he is immune because engaged in the exercise of a discretionary function , "(b) he is privileged and does not exceed or abuse the privilege, or "(c) his conduct was not tortious because he was not negligent in the performance of his responsibility."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.