89 N.C. App. 242 - Shuping v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
1
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dickens v. Puryear · Bernick v. Jurden · Presnell v. Pell · Smith v. Hefner · 86 N.C. App. 1 - Johnson v. Bollinger
Most-quoted passages
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“The general rule is that a public official is immune from personal liability for mere negligence in the performance of his duties, but he is not shielded from liability if his alleged actions were corrupt or malicious or if he acted outside and beyond the scope of his duties.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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