KELLER

v.

SALTON

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• White v. Frank, 855 F.2d 956 (2d Cir. 1988)
  …gement of the prosecution or an improper motive.”). . There can be no question that malicious prosecution can form the basis for imposition of liability under section 1983. See Raysor v. Port Authority, 768 F. 2d 34, 39 (2d Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1027, 106 S.Ct. 1227, 89 L.Ed.2d 337 (1986); Russo v. New York, 672 F. 2d 1014, 1018 (2d Cir.1982), modified on other grounds, 721 F. 2d 410 (1983); Singleton v. City of New York, 632 F. 2d 185, 195 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 920, 101 S.Ct. 13…
• Torres v. Superintendent OF the Police OF Puerto RICO, 893 F.2d 404 (1st Cir. 1990)
  …524 (1st Cir.1983). The majority of courts require the federal plaintiff to prove the elements of malicious prosecution under state law, see, e.g., Raysor v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 768 F. 2d 34, 39 (2nd Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1027, 106 S.Ct. 1227, 89 L.Ed.2d 337 (1986); Terket v. Lund, 623 F. 2d 29 (7th Cir.1980), but also hold that only when the misuse of the legal proceedings is so egregious as to subject the individual to a deprivation of a constitutional dimension does Se…
• Outley v. The City OF NEW York, 837 F.2d 587 (2d Cir. 1988)
  …the party are shown to have been fraudulent. See McCormick on Evidence § 196 at 578-81 (3d ed. 1984); 3A J. Wigmore, Evidence §§ 963, 981 (Chadbourn rev. 1970). As we said in Raysor v. Port Authority, 768 F. 2d 34, 40 (2d Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1027, 106 S.Ct. 1227, 89 L.Ed.2d 337 (1986), “[a plaintiffs] litigiousness may have some slight probative value, but that value is outweighed by the substantial danger of jury bias against the chronic litigant. The trial court has a duty to prevent expl…