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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 9 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 State v. Hord.

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1 State v. Hord Anchor
nc · 1965
green “an essential difference between a public office and mere employment is the fact that the duties of the incumbent of an office shall involve the exercise of some portion of sovereign power.” 5
2 Jensen Ex Rel. Estate of Clark v. South Carolina Department of Social Services
scctapp · 1987
green “absolute, certain, and imperative, involving merely the execution of a specific duty arising from fixed and designated facts.” 4

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