Birdsall v. City of Hartford

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a 18 prosecution resulting in a nolle is not a favorable termination for the purpose of a false arrest 19 claim
• finding that plaintiff could proceed past summary judgment on an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim where a police officer hit him repeatedly with a flashlight
• “Absent a showing of a chain of causation between an official policy or custom and the plaintiffs’ injury, Monell prohibits a finding of liability against a municipality”
• summary judgment granted because the charges were dismissed in exchange for a charitable contribution
• “It is well settled in the Second Circuit that in order to prevail on a cause of action for false arrest . . . a plaintiff must prove that the underlying criminal proceeding terminated in his favor.” (citation omitted)
• “It is well settled in the Second Circuit that in order to prevail on a cause of action for false arrest or malicious prosecution, a plaintiff must prove that the underlying criminal proceeding terminated in his favor.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).