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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Kidd v. Coates.

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1 Kidd v. Coates Anchor
ga · 1999
green “an actual intent to cause harm to the plaintiff, not merely an intent to do the act purportedly resulting in the claimed injury.” 11
2 Murphy v. Bajjani
ga · 2007
green “the intent to cause the harm suffered by the plaintiff.” 10
3 Brown v. Penland Const. Co., Inc.
ga · 2007
green “is barred by official immunity where the public official has engaged in discretionary acts that are within the scope of his or her authority, and the official has not acted in a willful or wanton manner; with actual malice; or with the actual intent to cause injury.” 3
4 Bateast v. Dekalb County
gactapp · 2002
green “a deliberate intention to do wrong.” 3

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