Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that when “county prosecutors and their subordinates act in their law enforcement/investigatory capacity, they act as agents and officers of the State... When their conduct in that context is actionable, the State should be made to respond to damages”
• noting the primary source of public entity liability under N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a) is vicarious liability for injuries caused by negligence of employees acting within the scope of their employment
• considering individual liability separate from vicarious liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robert Lavezzi v. State of N.J. (072856)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2014-09-09· cited 262×
• Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2010-12-10· cited 227×
• Carter v. Reynolds
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2003-02-19· cited 106×
• Velez v. City of Jersey City
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2004-06-29· cited 90×
• Maertin v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2002-12-11· cited 75×
• State v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2001-11-21· cited 58×
• Ingram v. Township of Deptford
  D. New Jersey· 2012-11-28· cited 38×
• Martin v. Unknown U.S. Marshals
  D. New Jersey· 2013-08-15· cited 32×
• Yurick v. State
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-06-22· cited 25×
• Newman v. Isuzu Motors America
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2004-02-25· cited 14×
• Courier News v. HUNTERDON
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-06-28· cited 13×
• Bonitsis v. NJ INSTITUTE OF TECH.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2003-10-29· cited 11×
• Van Orden v. Borough of Woodstown
  D. New Jersey· 2015-12-11· cited 9×
• Hyatt v. County of Passaic
  Third Circuit· 2009-07-16· cited 9×
• Lamont W. Garnes and Robert A. Klein v. Passaic County And the Passaic County Sheriff's Department
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2014-10-24· cited 8×
• Kaminskas v. State
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2019-01-17· cited 7×
• Constantine v. TOWNSHIP OF BASS RIVER
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2009-04-03· cited 5×
• Kelley v. Edison Township
  D. New Jersey· 2005-07-19· cited 3×
• Prado v. State
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-03-31· cited 3×
• 75 SPRUCE v. State Board
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-09-21· cited 1×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Robinson v. Cahill
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1973-04-03· cited 306×
• State v. Rush
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1966-03-07· cited 193×
• James J. Giuffre v. Nicholas Bissell Richard Thornburg Robert Smith Russ Leffert Sam Debella Richard Meyers County of Somerset
  Third Circuit· 1994-08-04· cited 161×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1996-06-26· cited 159×
• Rochinsky v. State of NJ, Dept. of Transp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-05-23· cited 116×
• Adler's Quality Bakery, Inc. v. Gaseteria, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-03-22· cited 108×
• McAndrew v. Mularchuk
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-06-28· cited 104×
• Cashen v. Spann
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-02-25· cited 81×
• ABBOTT BY ABBOTT v. Burke
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1997-05-14· cited 68×
• Hernandez v. Region Nine Housing Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1996-11-26· cited 62×
• Chasin v. Montclair State University
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-06-02· cited 53×
• New Jersey Association on Correction v. Lan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-06-08· cited 52×
• Becker v. Baron Bros.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-11-15· cited 49×
• Hayes v. Mercer County
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1987-05-21· cited 41×
• In Re the Grant of the Charter School Application of Englewood on Palisades Charter School
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2000-06-28· cited 37×
• Davis v. Stamler
  Third Circuit· 1981-04-14· cited 37×
• New Jersey Property-Liability Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. State
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1984-06-22· cited 35×
• In Re Review of Opinion 552 of Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1986-04-09· cited 35×
• Dunne v. Fireman's Fund American Insurance
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1976-02-24· cited 34×
• Delbridge v. Off. of Pub. Def.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1989-01-23· cited 33×