Lay v. Pettengill, Novotny

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the preliminary hearing “was a final judgment on the issue of probable cause”
• “[Proceedings are ‘terminated in favor of the accused’ ... only when their final disposition is such as to indicate the innocence of the accused.”
• “This presumption.- of probable cause is rebuttable only if a plaintiff can demonstrate that the earlier finding of probable cause was based on misleading, fabricated, or> otherwise improper evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ecodiesel Mktg.
  N.D. California· 2018-03-15· cited 51×
• Grega v. Pettengill
  D. Vermont· 2015-08-18· cited 15×
• McKinney v. Okoye
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2014-01-31· cited 10×
• Bergman v. Spruce Peak Realty, LLC
  D. Vermont· 2012-03-20· cited 6×
• Smith v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-08-09· cited 5×
• Simuro v. Shedd
  D. Vermont· 2016-04-01· cited 4×
• Langdon Wilby v. Paul Savoie, Alias
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-03-12· cited 3×
• Picatti v. Miner
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2019-09-10· cited 3×
• In Re Cathedral of the Immaculate Parish Charitable Trust Appeal (Carolyn Bates, Appellants)
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2024-12-06· cited 1×
• Whiting v. Lillicrap
  Vermont Superior Court· 2015-09-08
• Nichols v. LaPlante
  Vermont Superior Court· 2015-09-03
• rivard v. windham county states attorney
  Vermont Superior Court· 2023-12-06
• talander v. manchester-murphy
  Vermont Superior Court· 2023-12-14
• Baker v. Otter Creek Assoc
  Vermont Superior Court· 2024-11-20
• Pigeon v. State
  Vermont Superior Court· 2024-12-05
• Rw v. Jm
  Vermont Superior Court· 2025-02-28

Cites

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

• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Hartman v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 1,622×
• Colon v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-10-25· cited 465×
• Lucinda Darrah v. City of Oak Park, Russell Bragg, a Troy Police Officer
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-06-22· cited 392×
• Robertson v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-06· cited 315×
• Edward Coogan and Margaret Coogan v. City of Wixom, Bruce Kirby and Philip Leonard
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-06-01· cited 297×
• Charles Kostrzewa v. City of Troy
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-04-23· cited 250×
• Thomas James Hand v. Stuart Gary, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-03-10· cited 174×
• Jack Frantz v. Village of Bradford, Shane Duffey
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-04-18· cited 156×
• In re S.B.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-08-26· cited 133×
• Trepanier v. Getting Organized, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-10-12· cited 122×
• Bull v. Pinkham Engineering Assocs., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-04-21· cited 121×
• Silva v. Stevens
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-01-11· cited 105×
• Monahan v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-09-16· cited 94×
• Tarrant v. Department of Taxes
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-04-09· cited 92×
• Howard L. Haupt v. T.D. Dillard, Robert Leonard Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department City of Las Vegas, Nevada and Clark County, Nevada
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-04-15· cited 85×
• James C. Conrad v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-05-10· cited 84×
• State v. Duff
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-04-21· cited 84×
• Greenery Rehabilitation Group, Inc. v. Antaramian
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-18· cited 77×
• Peet v. City of Detroit
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-09-25· cited 74×