Edward Coogan and Margaret Coogan v. City of Wixom, Bruce Kirby and Philip Leonard

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• holding that, for a plaintiff to establish municipal liability under § 1983, he “must identify the policy, connect the policy to the city itself and show that the particular injury was incurred because of the execution of that policy”
• in addition to elements of malicious prosecution under state law, plaintiff must show an egregious misuse of a legal proceeding resulting in a constitutional deprivation
• in addition to elements of malicious prosecution under state law, plaintiff must show an egregious misuse of a legal proceeding resulting in a constitutional deprivation
• state afforded opportunity for accused to contest probable cause at preliminary hearing and finding of probable cause foreclosed relit-igation under Section 1983
• no constitutional cause of action for malicious prosecution where defendants’ slanted investigation led to warrant and plaintiff’s arrest
• no section 1983 action for \harassment\ by county prosecutor when prosecutor had probable cause for bringing charges

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).