Ex parte Harris

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that maliciousness requires conduct “so egregious as to amount to willful or malicious conduct or conduct engaged in in bad faith” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that state-agent immunity does not apply if the defendant acted maliciously

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Edward Shaw v. City of Selma
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-03-07· cited 205×
• Harden v. City of Muscle Shoals) (In re City of Muscle Shoals ()
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2018-02-23· cited 11×
• Shaw v. City of Selma
  S.D. Alabama· 2017-03-15· cited 9×
• Collier v. Buckner
  M.D. Alabama· 2018-03-27· cited 8×
• Holley v. Town of Camp Hill
  M.D. Alabama· 2018-10-29· cited 2×
• Aubrey Williams v. Daniel Aguirre
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-07-13
• Tuggle v. Ala. Sec'y of State John Merrill & Dir. of Elections Ed Packard) (Ex parte Merrill)
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2018-05-18
• McCain v. City of Jasper (In re Gilland)
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2018-09-28
• Douglas P. Byrne v. Vera Fisk
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2023-05-19
• Michael James Russell v. Jennifer Senn Russell (Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court: DR-19-900526).
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2025-04-04
• Ex parte Devon McGuire and Spencer Collier PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Faya Rose Toure v. Spencer Collier) (Dallas Circuit Court: CV-19-900204).
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2025-06-27

Cites

47 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Grider v. City of Auburn, Ala.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-09-07· cited 480×
• Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-06-07· cited 455×
• Ex Parte Cranman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-11-22· cited 428×
• Melvin Alan Wood v. Michael Kesler, individually and in his capacity as an Alabama State Trooper, Brian Jones
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-03-04· cited 374×
• Ex Parte Butts
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-07-21· cited 311×
• Ex Parte the Boc Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-11-02· cited 201×
• Ex Parte Rizk
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-11-11· cited 148×
• Delchamps, Inc. v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-04-23· cited 147×
• Ex Parte Estate of Reynolds
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-06-09· cited 125×
• Ex Parte Nall
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-10-24· cited 106×
• Borders v. City of Huntsville
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-07-25· cited 104×
• Hollis v. City of Brighton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-07-28· cited 91×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-08-16· cited 89×
• Ex Parte Purvis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-12-06· cited 83×
• Ex Parte Turner
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-06-21· cited 82×
• Fuqua v. INGERSOLL-RAND CO., INC.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-12-20· cited 81×
• Ex Parte Tuscaloosa County
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-03-09· cited 78×
• Eidson v. Olin Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-06-17· cited 77×
• Young v. La Quinta Inns, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-08-30· cited 66×
• Ex Parte City of Tuskegee
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2005-12-30· cited 65×