Legal Opinion
Palma v. Atlantic County
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 15, 1999No. Civ. A. 98-1971PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge:
This civil rights suit alleging claims for the violation of Plaintiffs First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights requires the Court to address several difficult issues of law which are unresolved in this District. First, I must determine the appropriate legal standard to be applied to a claim for post-conviction malicious prosecution in the wake of the Third Circuit’s decision in Torres v. McLaughlin, 163 F.3d 169 (3d Cir.1998). Second, in considering the allegedly perjured grand jury testimony of a police officer testifying as a complaining…
2Cases cited73 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Garlanger v. VerbekeDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2002
- Russoli v. Salisbury TownshipDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
- Hassoun v. CimminoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2000
- Santiago v. City of VinelandDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2000
- Stolinski v. PennypackerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2011
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