Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. Philip Morris Products S.A.

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How courts have described this case

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

• stating that it is the factfinder who ultimately decides whether the defendant's story holds up
• noting that whether a reasonable police officer would have believed probable cause existed for an arrest was also the \decisive factor\ in the qualified immunity inquiry
• noting that whether a reasonable police officer would have believed probable cause existed for an arrest was also the “decisive factor” in the qualified immunity inquiry
• noting that the judge and jury, not the arresting officer, are to “determine guilt through a weighing of the evidence”
• stating that the function of police officers “is to apprehend those suspected of wrongdoing, and not to finally determine guilt through a weighing of the evidence”
• explaining that question of “whether a reasonable police officer would have believed probable cause existed” is also “the decisive factor in the analysis of qualified immunity”

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