Wesolowski v. Bockelmann’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from New York Southern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Galdieri-Ambrosini v. National Realty & Development Corp. · Lore v. City of Syracuse · Jocks v. Tavernier · Manganiello v. City of New York · Rohman v. New York City Transit Authority
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The elements of a malicious prosecution claim in New York are: (1) the defendant initiated a prosecution against the plaintiff, (2) the defendant lacked probable cause to believe the proceeding could succeed, (3) the defendant acted with malice, and (4) the prosecution was terminated in the plaintiff's favor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.