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government official immunity in Mississippi

14 Mississippi opinions name it 1 courts 1989–2002 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
Grantham v. Dept. of Correctionsgreen
miss · 1988 · cited in 7 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1989–1999
2 sentences

1999McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 ( quoting Grantham v. Mississippi Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 225 (Miss. 1988)). 583 So.2d at 949-50 (emphasis added). ¶ 15.

1994However, as we stated in Grantham v. Dept. of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219 (Miss. 1988): Our law thus directs that a government official has no immunity to a civil action for damages if his breach of a legal duty causes injury and (1) that duty is ministerial in nature, or (2) that duty involved the use of discretion and the governmental actor greatly or substantially exceeds his authority and in this course thereof causes harm or (3) the governmental actor commits an intentional tort.

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Barrett v. Millergreen
miss · 1992 · cited in 5 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1993–1998
2 sentences

1998Barrett v. Miller, 599 So.2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992)(quoting McFadden v. State, 542 So.2d 871, 877 (Miss. 1989)). ¶ 32.

1995Barrett v. Miller, 599 So. 2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992)(quoting McFadden v. State, 542 So. 2d 871, 877 (Miss. 1989)). ¶32.

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McFadden v. Stategreen
miss · 1989 · cited in 6 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1991–1999
2 sentences

1999McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 ( quoting Grantham v. Mississippi Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 225 (Miss. 1988)). 583 So.2d at 949-50 (emphasis added). ¶ 15.

1998McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 (quoting Grantham v. Mississippi Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 225 (Miss. 1988). 583 So.2d at 949-50 (emphasis added). ¶15.

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Evans v. Tradergreen
miss · 1993 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2000–2002
2 sentences

2002Id. at 957 (emphasis added). ¶ 42.

2000Id. at 957 (emphasis added). ¶42.

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Webb v. Jacksongreen
miss · 1991 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1998–1999
2 sentences

1999McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 ( quoting Grantham v. Mississippi Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 225 (Miss. 1988)). 583 So.2d at 949-50 (emphasis added). ¶ 15.

1998McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 (quoting Grantham v. Mississippi Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 225 (Miss. 1988). 583 So.2d at 949-50 (emphasis added). ¶15.

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Region VII, Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center v. Isaacgreen
miss · 1988 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1989–1992
2 sentences

1992McFadden, 542 So.2d at 877 ; Starnes v. Vardaman, 580 So.2d 733 , 737 (Miss. 1990); Region VII, Mental Health v. Isaac, 523 So.2d 1013, 1016 (Miss. 1988) (immunity extended unless performing merely a ministerial function); Grantham v. Department of Corrections, 522 So.2d 219, 224 (Miss. 1988).

1989Grantham, 522 So.2d at 225 ; Region VII Mental Health v. Isaac, 523 So.2d 1013, 1016-17 (Miss. 1988).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Starnes v. City of Vardaman green
miss · 1991
2 sentences

1994Barrett v. Miller, 599 So. 2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992); McFadden v. State, 580 So. 2d 1210 (Miss. 1991); Starnes v. City of Vardaman, 580 So. 2d 733 , 737 (Miss. 1990).

1993Barrett v. Miller, 599 So.2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992); McFadden v. State, 580 So.2d 1210 (Miss. 1991); Starnes v. Vardaman, 580 So.2d 733 , 737 (Miss. 1990).

31992–1994
McFadden v. State green
miss · 1991
2 sentences

1994Barrett v. Miller, 599 So. 2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992); McFadden v. State, 580 So. 2d 1210 (Miss. 1991); Starnes v. City of Vardaman, 580 So. 2d 733 , 737 (Miss. 1990).

1993Barrett v. Miller, 599 So.2d 559, 567 (Miss. 1992); McFadden v. State, 580 So.2d 1210 (Miss. 1991); Starnes v. Vardaman, 580 So.2d 733 , 737 (Miss. 1990).

21993–1994

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 11-46-9 (8) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 11-46-1 (6) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 11-46-3 (4) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 11-46-6 (4) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 11-46-7 (3) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-49 (3) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-6 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

MS 14 (1989–2002) TX 5 (2015–2025) WA 4 (1992–2000) WV 3 (2009–2023) MA 2 (1994–2023) AK 2 (1996–2021)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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