Pedraza v. Shell Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the strategy of bringing a series of multiple prosecutions against a defendant to curtail the defendant’s exercise of constitutional rights constituted bad faith and harassment
• stating that in the context of a bad-faith prosecution claim, the defendant must 9 prove that the prosecution was \motivated by a desire to discourage expression protected by the First Amendment\
• describing this inquiry as “the polestar to guide the district court”
• describing this inquiry as “the polestar to guide the district court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).