Kenneth S. Cameron v. Matthew Fogarty and John Halbig

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] conviction of the plaintiff following the arrest is viewed as establishing the existence of probable cause.” (citation omitted)
• “[A] conviction of the plaintiff following the arrest is viewed as establishing the existence of probable cause.”
• “The law enforcement officer is given th[e] protection [of the valid-conviction rule] because he has a duty to the public to prevent crime and arrest criminals.”
• “[W]here law enforcement officers have made an arrest, the resulting conviction is a defense to a § 1983 action asserting that the arrest was made without probable cause.”
• “[T]he fact that the person against whom criminal proceedings are instituted is guilty of the [charged] crime . . . is a complete defense against liability for malicious prosecution.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).