Legal Opinion

Miller v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 28, 1987No. 86-C-1696PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

511 So.2d 446 (1987)

Johnny Louis MILLER, et al,

v.

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, et al.

No. 86-C-1696.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 28, 1987.

Joseph Simpson, Simpson & Schwartz, Amite, for applicants.

William Cooper, Jr., Baton Rouge, for respondents.

DENNIS, Justice.

Our decision in this case hinges on whether more than one conclusion may reasonably be drawn as to whether a sheriff's department detective arrested and continued criminal proceedings against the plaintiffs without probable cause and with malice. After a bench trial, the district court found that the plaintiffs had…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. State v. RaheemSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985

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3Cited by86 opinions

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  3. Morin v. CaireCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  4. State v. FisherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  5. Williams v. Regional Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989

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