Legal Opinion
Herbert W. Rounseville and Robert Rounseville v. Samuel Zahl, Treva M. Way, and Geoffrey P. Serata
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 11, 1994No. 498, Docket 93-7441PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This appeal, which primarily concerns the elements of a malicious prosecution action under New York law, arises in a combative context that does little credit to any of the litigants. First, the appellant tax assessors assessed the properties of the . appellees. The appellees responded by initiating criminal charges against the tax assessors. The assessors countered with the pending suit asserting a federal civil rights, claim and a state law claim for malicious prosecution. When the smoke cleared in the District Court, the assessors’ suit was dismissed, and the…
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