Muniz v. Mehlman

How courts have described this case

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

• an arresting officer has a duty to determine whether there is probable cause to arrest but not to investigate the suspect’s defense
• “In an action for an illegal arrest or imprisonment the burden is on the defendant to prove justification”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).