Illaraza v. Hovensa LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that so long as the arrest—e.g., confinement—was legal, the court could not conclude that any role the defendant played in the arrest—e.g., confinement—constituted false imprisonment
• recognizing defamation as a cause of action under Virgin Islands law
• under Virgin Islands law, an IIED claim cannot lie where the gravamen of the complaint sounds in defamation
• “A party cannot be subjected to [] liability for reporting to the police his belief that a crime has been committed, even if this belief is unfounded or later turns out to be erroneous.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Aiona v. County of Hawai'i
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2025-02-27

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Gary Blankenhorn v. City of Orange Andy Romero Dung Nguyen Garrett Ross Tamara South Gray, Sergeant Montano, Officer Kayano, Officer Roman, Officer
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-05-08· cited 709×
• Robertson v. Allied Signal, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1990-08-28· cited 375×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Browning-Ferris Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1982-10-28· cited 283×
• In Re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation Mdl
  Third Circuit· 2004-09-29· cited 242×
• John Kelly, Jr. v. Steven Curtis Julie M. Gibson J.R. Moore Chatham County, Ga
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-06-08· cited 213×
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car Wage & Hour Employment Practices Litigation v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2012-06-28· cited 176×
• Benjamin Blackburn v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Patricia Knowles
  Third Circuit· 1999-06-07· cited 165×
• Banks v. International Rental & Leasing Corp.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-12-15· cited 162×
• Barker v. Huang
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-06-11· cited 83×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2001-10-16· cited 82×
• 12th Street Gym, Inc., Robert Guzzardi, at No. 95-1864 v. General Star Indemnity Company, at No. 96-1845
  Third Circuit· 1996-08-28· cited 43×
• International Islamic Community of Masjid Baytulkhaliq, Inc. v. United States
  Virgin Islands· 1997-08-29· cited 29×
• Pemberton Sales & Service, Inc. v. Banco Popular De Puerto Rico
  Virgin Islands· 1994-11-07· cited 25×
• Desmond Maynard v. VI Comm Labor
  Third Circuit· 2012-04-02· cited 16×
• Lloyd v. Jefferson
  D. Delaware· 1999-05-12· cited 16×
• Rajbahadoorsingh v. Chase Manhattan Bank, NA.
  Virgin Islands· 2001-10-29· cited 16×
• Ali v. Intertek Testing Services Caleb Brett
  Virgin Islands· 2004-08-26· cited 13×
• Walker v. Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-08-07· cited 8×