Legal Opinion
Rank v. Balshy
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 1984No. 61 T.D. 1983PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPpiail,
Gary W. Bank (Petitioner) filed a Complaint in Trespass in this Court on April 24, 1981, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Police and four individual State Troopers1 (Respondents). The complaint alleged that Respondents violated Petitioner’s civil rights2 and committed several torts, including battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation, pursuant to the unsuccessful prosecution of Petitioner in connection with the murder of Helen Horn.
The procedural…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- William Oscar Hampton v. Holmesburg Prison Officials. Appeal of Richard BurkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Balshy v. RankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Boettger v. MiklichCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Petsinger v. PA. DEPT. OF TRANSP.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- Petsinger v. PA. Dept. of TransportationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- Toner v. McGovernCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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