Lackner v. LaCroix

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the “termination must reflect on the merits of the underlying action”
• noting that a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction “not only is not on the merits, it is unreflective of the merits; neither the judgment of the court nor that of the prosecuting party on the merits is implicated in the dismissal”
• dismissal on basis of statute of limitations not favorable termination for defendant within context of a malicious prosecution claim
• dismissal on basis of statute of limitations not favorable termination for defendant within context of a malicious prosecution claim
• dismissals on limitations grounds are not “favorable termination[s],” as they do not “reflect on [the accused’s] innocence of the alleged wrongful conduct”
• “[T]he purpose served by dismissal on limitations grounds is in no way dependent on nor reflective of the merits — or lack thereof — in the underlying action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).