Hereford v. Jefferson County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a deputy sheriff, as a legal extension of the sheriff, was entitled to the same immunity as the sheriff acting on behalf of the State
• explaining that under Alabama law, sheriffs are entitled to sovereign immunity from suits for damages based on official acts
• upholding, on the basis of § 14 immunity, the dismissal of a suit against a sheriff, in his official and 29 SC-2024-0263 individual capacities, seeking damages for negligence and wantonness stemming from the mistaken release of an inmate
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in *Page 806 releasing a prisoner
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in releasing a prisoner
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in releasing a prisoner

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McMillian v. Monroe County
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-02· cited 879×
• McMillian v. Johnson
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-07-09· cited 167×
• Ex Parte Haralson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-01-17· cited 90×
• Ex Parte Purvis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-12-06· cited 83×
• Turquitt v. Jefferson County
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-03-25· cited 61×
• Wheeler v. George
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-12-04· cited 33×
• Wright v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-11-25· cited 23×
• Irvin v. Shelley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-09-18· cited 22×
• Kelley v. Burnell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2012-02-17· cited 16×
• Ex Parte Haralson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-07-18· cited 15×
• Coleman v. City of Dothan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-05-01· cited 11×
• Whitten v. Lowe
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1995-12-15· cited 10×
• Haywood v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2013-02-22· cited 10×
• Harris v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2012-05-25· cited 9×
• Junkins v. Glencoe Volunteer Fire Dept.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1996-11-01· cited 7×
• Williams v. Goldsmith
  M.D. Alabama· 1995-11-28· cited 6×
• Blount County Commission v. Clinton A. Sherrell.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2010-06-25· cited 6×
• Young v. Myhrer
  N.D. Alabama· 2017-03-21· cited 5×
• Hobbs ex rel. Hobbs v. Powell
  N.D. Alabama· 2015-09-29· cited 3×
• Wallace v. Jackson
  M.D. Alabama· 2009-09-28· cited 1×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parker v. Amerson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-12-11· cited 156×
• Carr v. City Of Florence
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-11-07· cited 137×
• Oliver v. Townsend
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-09-30· cited 28×