Wallis v. Bazet

How courts have described this case

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• noting that in Pennsylvania, the elements of trespass to chattel “are essentially the same” as those of the tort of conversion
• “Like the court in Harrell, we conclude that warrantless seizures of taxicabs violates the Fourth Amendment.”
• “The elements of trespass to chattels ‘are essentially the same’ as conversion.” (quoting QVC, Inc. v. Resultly, LLC, 159 F. Supp. 3d 576, 600 (E.D. Pa. 2016))
• Vehicle owner established prima facia violation of the search and seizure clauses under §1983, where it was undisputed that parking authority seized vehicles without a warrant and with no pre-deprivation notice or hearing.
• “Because of the heightened standard of proof for fraud claims, in order to avoid summary judgment the party with the burden must present evidence of fraud from which a jury could, by clear and convincing evidence, find such fraud.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).