Joiner v. Benton Community Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “in order to state a cause of action for malicious prosecution, [a plaintiff] must allege facts showing . . . the termination of the proceeding in favor of the plaintiff” (emphasis added) (quotation marks omitted)
• '[pjersons acting in good faith who have probable cause to believe crimes have been committed should not be deterred from reporting them by the fear of unfounded suits by those accused’
• “[T]he settled law bars a malicious prosecution action predicated upon criminal proceedings which were terminated in a manner not indicative of the innocence of the accused.”
• “It is clear that the settled law bars a malicious prosecution action predicated upon criminal proceedings which were terminated in a manner not indica- tive of the innocence of the accused.”
• “It is clear that the settled law bars a malicious prosecution action predicated upon criminal proceedings which were terminated in a manner not indica- tive of the innocence of the accused.”
• “It is clear that the settled law bars a malicious prosecution action predicated upon criminal proceedings which were terminated in a manner not indica- tive of the innocence of the accused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).