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· 4/16/1982

Wainscott v. State

Citations

  • 642 P.2d 1355
  • 1982 Alas. LEXIS 297

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that decision not to install sequential traffic light at intersection was planning decision because placement of traffic safety devices depended on priorities set by Department of Transportation and safety engineers
  • holding that decision to not install sequential traffic light at intersection was a planning decision because placement of traffic safety devices depended on priorities set by the Department of Transportation and safety engineers
  • discretionary exception recognizes that courts are ill-equipped to investigate and balance numerous factors in legislative or executive decisions
  • discretionary exception recognizes that courts are ill-equipped to investigate and balance numerous factors in legislative or executive decisions
  • “Not all decisions involving an element of discretion, however, fall within the discretionary function exception.”
  • “[Cjourts are ill-equipped to investigate and balance the numerous factors that go into an executive or legislative decision.”

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Con-Nor, Burke, Matthews, Compton

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