Lowth v. Town of Cheektowaga

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

This case involves private citizens who claim that police officers violated their consti*567tutional rights by arresting and prosecuting them on charges of which a jury subsequently absolved them. The district court, on summary judgment, dismissed the citizens’ suit against the officers, and the citizens have appealed.

In an appeal from a grant of summary judgment, we are required to consider the facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587, 106 S.Ct. 1348, 1356, 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986). But,…