Ammerman v. Newman

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the separate and distinct tort of “malicious prosecution” may expose a defendant to liability for initiating a lawsuit “maliciously and without probable cause”
• “[I]n order for a plaintiff to prevail in an action for malicious prosecution in a civil suit, there must be an arrest of the person or seizure of the property of the plaintiff, or other special injury sustained.”
• “[P]robable cause [in a malicious prosecution case] depends not on the actual state of the case in point of fact, but upon the honest belief of the person instituting [the proceeding]. It may flow from a belief that turns out to be unfounded as long as it is not unreasonable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Friedman v. Dozorc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1981-11-23· cited 243×
• Christopher G. Pitt, Sr. And Tela Hansom-Pitt v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-06-26· cited 148×
• Sanders v. Daniel International Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-12-18· cited 134×
• Morowitz v. Marvel
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-11-05· cited 99×
• Brody v. Ruby
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-06-28· cited 98×
• Dormu v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2011-06-07· cited 95×
• Brown v. Carr
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-01-22· cited 81×
• Berlin v. Nathan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-09-14· cited 74×
• Bown v. Hamilton
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-01-17· cited 66×
• HAVILAH REAL PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC v. VLK, LLC
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2015-01-29· cited 59×
• Weisman v. Middleton
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-08-14· cited 58×
• Joeckel v. Disabled American Veterans
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-03-21· cited 54×
• Dalo v. Kivitz
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-08-07· cited 49×
• Sherrod v. McHugh
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-09-25· cited 39×
• Prewitt v. Sexton
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-09-28· cited 37×
• Mazanderan v. McGranery
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1984-09-28· cited 32×
• Southern Maryland Agricultural Ass'n v. Bituminous Casualty Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1982-05-07· cited 30×
• Moore v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2015-04-17· cited 29×
• Tyler v. Central Charge Service, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-04-15· cited 26×
• Smith v. United States of America
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-14· cited 26×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body Corporate
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-07-20· cited 455×
• Melvin v. Pence
  D.C. Circuit· 1942-06-30· cited 66×
• Masterson v. Pig'n Whistle Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1958-06-16· cited 32×
• Prieto v. May Department Stores Company
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1966-02-01· cited 32×
• Smith v. Tucker
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-05-04· cited 26×
• Chapman v. Anderson
  D.C. Circuit· 1925-01-05· cited 24×
• Peckham v. Union Finance Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1931-04-06· cited 20×
• Nolan v. Allstate Home Equipment Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1959-03-20· cited 17×
• Davis v. Boyle Bros.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1950-05-18· cited 16×
• Lee v. Dunbar
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1944-04-14· cited 9×
• Effie D. Chatterton v. Joseph O. Janousek, Joseph O. Janousek v. Effie D. Chatterton
  D.C. Circuit· 1960-06-23· cited 5×
• Reyman v. Edward H. Jones & Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1953-04-08· cited 1×