Legal Opinion

Harwood v. Johnson

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 7, 1990No. 37PA89PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRYE, Justice.

This is a civil action in which plaintiff seeks declaratory relief and money damages from various defendants for their failure to release him, on parole, six months prior to his maximum release date, in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 15A-1371(f). The Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in dismissing plaintiffs claim for monetary damages against defendant Williams (the parole case analyst) on grounds of negligence, willful and deliberate conduct, and false imprisonment, but was correct in dismissing the complaint as to all other defendants. We now hold that the complaint…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Presnell v. PellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  5. Pharr v. GaribaldiSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Shaw v. StroudCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
  2. Meyer v. WallsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
  3. Isenhour v. HuttoSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1999
  4. Green Ex Rel. Crudup v. KearneyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  5. White v. Trew, 366 NC 360Supreme Court of North Carolina · 2013

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