Gadsden County Tobacco Co. v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the district court “erred in relying on a lack of probable cause to infer that, in securing [plaintiffs] arrest, defendants acted with malice or with a collateral objective that was outside the legitimate ends of the legal process.”
• explaining that “in New York, a malicious abuse-of-process claim lies against a defendant who (1) employs regularly issued legal process to compel performance or forbearance of some act, (2) with intent to do harm without excuse or justification, and (3
• arresting officer may rely on information provided by other officers in making probable cause determination
• reversing district court’s denial of summary judgment where plaintiff failed to produce such evidence
• “[T]he existence of probable cause is a complete defense to a claim of malicious prosecution.”
• “The existence of probable cause is a complete defense to a claim of malicious prosecution in New York.”

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