Arian Wade v. James Collier

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[p]robable cause is a complete bar to a malicious prosecution claim,” notwithstanding argument that grand jury indictment was based on false information
• holding that “[p]robable cause is a complete bar to a malicious prosecution claim,” notwithstanding evidence that grand jury indictment was based in part on false information
• holding that “[p]robable cause is a complete bar to a malicious prosecution claim,” notwithstanding evidence that grand jury indictment was based in part on false information
• “Where an equal protection claim is merely a rewording of a malicious prosecution claim, dismissal of the equal protection claim is appropriate.”
• “It is well established that the existence of probable cause forms a complete defense to a malicious prosecution claim [under Illinois law.]”
• “[I]t is [the plaintiff] and not the defendants who bears the burden of proof and to survive summary judgment, [the plaintiff] must identify an individual who was similarly situated but treated differently, without a rational reason.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).