Triolo v. Nassau County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, “when there is no underlying liability, there can be no vicarious liability”
• stating that an officer “had no duty to seek . . . out” 9 plainly exculpatory evidence
• finding arrest lacked probable cause but officer had arguable probable cause and was therefore immune from liability
• “New York law is clear that municipalities can be liable for the actions of police officers on false arrest claims under a theory of respondeat superior.”
• accord Figueroa v. Mazza, 825 F.3d 89, 100 (2d Cir. 2016)
• motion for judgment as a matter of law after trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius, Ltd. v. the TriZetto Grp.
  Second Circuit· 2023-05-25· cited 34×
• Edelman v. NYU Langone
  Second Circuit· 2025-06-18· cited 25×
• Callahan v. County of Suffolk
  Second Circuit· 2024-03-19· cited 18×
• Alexander v. City of Syracuse
  Second Circuit· 2025-03-14· cited 17×
• Jean Robert Saint-Jean v. Emigrant Mortg. Co., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2025-02-19· cited 15×
• Perry v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2023-08-25
• Alberty v. Hunter
  Second Circuit· 2025-07-21
• Carruthers v. Colton
  Second Circuit· 2025-08-20
• Sacaza v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2026-03-11

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-03· cited 2,968×
• Ziglar v. Abbasi
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-19· cited 2,879×
• Gomez v. Toledo
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-27· cited 2,697×
• District of Columbia v. Wesby
  Supreme Court· 2018-01-22· cited 2,459×
• Owen v. City of Independence
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 2,083×
• Lehman Brothers v. Schein
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 767×
• Lore v. City of Syracuse
  Second Circuit· 2012-02-02· cited 573×
• Jenkins v. City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 2007-02-06· cited 563×
• Fabrikant v. French
  Second Circuit· 2012-08-16· cited 561×
• Maria De Lourdes Torres v. Police Officer Jones
  New York Court of Appeals· 2016-02-23· cited 488×
• Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha
  Second Circuit· 2010-06-15· cited 464×
• Figueroa v. Mazza
  Second Circuit· 2016-06-03· cited 358×
• John Betts v. Martha Anne Shearman
  Second Circuit· 2014-05-02· cited 323×
• Sokoloff v. Harriman Estates Development Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2001-07-10· cited 242×
• Stansbury v. Wertman
  Second Circuit· 2013-06-26· cited 221×
• Oliveira v. Mayer
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-28· cited 219×
• Lou Dibella and Dibella Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Bernard Hopkins, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 2005-04-04· cited 211×
• Ackerson v. City of White Plains
  Second Circuit· 2012-11-29· cited 197×
• Arteaga v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1988-06-09· cited 197×