Legal Opinion
Kossler v. Crisanti
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 2009No. 06-3241PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge, with whom SCIRICA, Chief Judge, BARRY, FUENTES, SMITH, CHAGARES, JORDAN and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges, join.
This appeal raises a discrete issue involving a malicious prosecution claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Pennsylvania state law: Whether a conviction for disorderly conduct and a contemporaneous acquittal for aggravated assault and public intoxication under the relevant Pennsylvania statutes constitute a favorable termination of the state criminal proceeding against the plaintiff whose intentional physical contact against a municipal police officer…
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