Golden v. Vickery

How courts have described this case

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

• listing cases finding breach of ministerial duty in failure to follow established policy or procedure and cases finding discretion to act in the absence of established guidelines
• affirming summary judgment and holding that a statute did not create ministerial duties concerning safety of high voltage power lines because the owner or operator had discretion as to what safeguards are necessary
• city worker’s decision to insulate high-voltage electric lines rather than to relocate or de-energize them held discretionary because state law gives worker discretion as to what method to use
• “A discretionary act calls for the exercise of personal deliberation and judgment, which in turn entails examining the facts, reaching reasoned conclusions, and acting on them in a way not specifically directed.”
• discussing various lines of authority on this point

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).