Gilbert v. Richardson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that 1991 amendment’s extension of sovereign immunity to “the state and its departments and agencies” applies to counties
• holding that a county official was entitled to official immunity under Article I, Section II, Paragraph IX (d) of the Georgia Constitution
• holding that the doctrine of “governmental” or “sovereign” immunity protects governmental entities from lawsuits absent a legislative waiver
• holding that “state” as used in this constitutional provision includes counties
• noting that “suits against public employees in their official capacities are in reality suits against the state”
• noting that the purpose of official immunity is to protect “government employees who work in positions where they make policy or exercise discretion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).