Kendall v. MH Builders, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an individual’s right to be free from malicious prosecution and continued detention without probable cause is clearly established
• holding that officer who allegedly “fabricated probable cause” was not entitled to immunity from malicious- prosecution suit
• holding that an individual’s right to be free from the knowing use of false testimony is clearly established
• holding that a deputy sheriff was absolutely immune from suit for his testimony during former defendant’s criminal trial, “no matter how egregious or perjurious that testimony was alleged to have been”
• noting that “constitutional wrongs completed out of court are actionable even if they lead to ... acts [subject to absolute witness immunity]”
• relying on Brady to conclude that plaintiff had raised claims against a police officer that implicated clearly established constitutional rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).