Legal Opinion
Luthe v. City of Cape May
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 25, 1999No. CIV. A. 97-5312PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge.
Defendants’ motion for summary judgment presents two novel issues of law unresolved in this Circuit. First, I must determine the appropriate legal standard to be applied to a civil rights claim for malicious prosecution brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the wake of Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 114 S.Ct. 807, 127 L.Ed.2d 114 (1994), and two recent Third Circuit decisions construing Albright, namely, Torres v. McLaughlin, 163 F.3d 169 (3d Cir.1998), and Gallo v. City of Philadelphia, 161 F.3d 217 (3d Cir.1998). Second, I must next determine whether and…
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