Sykes v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Sixth Circuit does not “require[ ] that a plaintiff demonstrate ‘malice’ in order to prevail on a Fourth Amendment claim for malicious prosecution”
• concluding that a reasonable jury could find that false testimony influenced the charging decision when it was the sole basis for the magistrate’s probable cause determination
• holding that the defendant who did not testify at preliminary hearing “influenced or participated in the ultimate decision to prosecute the Plaintiffs by way of his knowing misstatements to the prosecutor”
• holding that “the Defendants have waived [their qualified immunity] claim by failing to raise the matter in their Rule 50(a) motion prior to the district court’s submission of the case to the jury”
• holding that “the Defendants have waived [their qualified immunity] claim by failing to raise the matter in their Rule 50(a) motion prior to the district court’s submission of the case to the jury”
• holding that the defendant police officers were not absolved of liability under a § 1983 Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim when they made false claims that led to the criminal proceedings against the plaintiffs

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