Straley v. Halliday’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “[alny person having a claim for injury against a governmental entity, or against an employee for an act or omission occurring during the performance of the employee's duties, within the seope of employment, or under color of authority shall file a written notice of claim with the entity before maintaining an action, regardless of whether or not the function giving rise to the claim is characterized as governmental.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. Lewis

2. “Any judge, whether acting individually or as a member of a court, who wrongfully and willfully refuses to allow a writ of habeas corpus whenever proper application for the same has been made shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding $5,000 to the party thereby aggrieved.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. Lewis

3. “On appeal from the grant of a motion for judgment on the pleadings, [this court] take[s] the factual allegations of the nonmoving party as true, considering such facts 'and all reasonable inferences drawn therefrom in a light most favorable to the [non-moving party]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2006 UT App 432 - MBNA America Bank, N.A. v. Williams