Turner v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish malicious prosecution, a plaintiff must show that the defendant (1) initiated or participated in the earlier proceeding, (2) did so maliciously, (3) without probable cause, and (4) the earlier proceeding ended in favor of the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 200 - Seguro-Suarez by and Through Connette v. Key Risk Ins. Co.

2. “[A] grand jury's action in returning an indictment is only prima facie evidence of probable cause and ... as a result, the return of an indictment does not as a matter of law bar a later claim for malicious prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 217 - Braswell v. Medina

3. “As this case moves forward to summary judgment or trial, plaintiff will have to prove that his allegations are true”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tully v. City of Wilmington