Mathis v. Coats

How courts have described this case

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• holding that probable cause existed for the arrest of driver where driver “did not smell of alcohol” but officer observed other signs of impairment
• holding that while probable cause existed at the time of arrest, plaintiff should have been given leave to amend her complaint to pursue her claim as to whether she was unlawfully detained after, and if, probable cause ceased to exist to justify her continued detention
• explaining that “false arrest is only one of several methods of committing false imprisonment”
• stating that false arrest is “one of several methods of committing false imprisonment”
• reversing grant of summary judgment in false imprisonment claim and allowing for filing of amended complaint where plaintiff “may be able to demonstrate that . . . probable cause ceased to exist to justify her continued detention” in jail
• “The facts [bearing on a probable cause determination] are to be analyzed from the officer’s knowledge ....”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).