Schwartz v. Borough of Stockton

How courts have described this case

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

• maintaining that “fire protection ... is a governmental function” and that “principle necessarily extends to municipal arrangements with volunteer companies”
• holding volunteer fire companies are public entities for purposes of tort liability
• volunteer fire companies perform \governmental function as far as tort liability is concerned\
• the provision of fire protection by a volunteer fire company is a governmental function
• ‘While such organizations are independent, incorporated as associations not for pecuniary profit, ... they may, and generally do, have definite relationships with municipal governing bodies, ... thereby giving them a kind of semi-official status.” (citation omitted)
• volunteer fire companies considered public entities for purpose of tort liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).