Freeman v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \Decisions concerning the allocation of available funding are often immune from suit under the discretionary function exception.\
• decision not to implement dust control procedure on gravel highway was discretionary act exempt from liability
• “Decisions concerning the allocation of available funding are often immune from suit under the discretionary function exception.”
• decision to maintain highway for public use was planning decision; implementation decision not to institute dust-control measures on highway was a policy decision because it involved consideration of \basic policy factors\
• decision not to institute dust-control measures on highway was a policy decision
• “State liability is the rule; immunity is the exception.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Evenstad v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-08-05· cited 76×
• Johnson v. Alaska State Department of Fish & Game
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-11-29· cited 55×
• Brady v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-10-09· cited 54×
• Valet v. City of Hammond
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1991-03-05· cited 52×
• R.E. ex rel. D.E. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-07-29· cited 48×
• Estate of Arrowwood Ex Rel. Loeb v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-05-12· cited 36×
• Diaz v. Magma Copper Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-05-13· cited 28×
• Glover v. State, Department of Transportation, Marine Highway System
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2008-01-18· cited 19×
• Adams v. City of Tenakee Springs
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-08-21· cited 17×
• Angnabooguk v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2001-07-13· cited 17×
• Native Village of Eklutna v. Alaska Railroad
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-03-12· cited 16×
• State v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-08-01· cited 14×
• State, Department of Public Safety v. Brown
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1990-06-22· cited 12×
• Gilmore v. Board of Commissioners
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 2006-07-26· cited 5×
• Sunny Haight, Personal Representative of the Estate of Savannah Cayce v. City & Borough of Juneau
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-09-06· cited 2×
• RE v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-07-29· cited 1×
• Ramsey Barton v. City of Valdez
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-01-21

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adams v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 192×
• State v. Abbott
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-06-16· cited 145×
• Jennings v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-07-22· cited 85×
• Johnson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-11-13· cited 51×
• Industrial Indemnity Co. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-09-09· cited 49×
• Wainscott v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-04-16· cited 43×
• Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-06-05· cited 35×
• Kuhn v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-09-07· cited 4×