800 So. 2d 1106 - Wiley v. Wiley’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 448 So. 2d 1268 - Jones v. Soileau · 307 So. 2d 287 - Robinson v. Goudchaux's · 313 So. 2d 812 - Johnson v. Pearce · 316 So. 2d 517 - Carter v. Catfish Cabin · 390 So. 2d 842 - Hibernia Nat. Bank of New Orleans v. Bolleter
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A civil action for malicious prosecution requires the concurrence of the following elements: (1) the commencement or continuance of a criminal proceeding; (2) its legal causation by the present defendant against plaintiff, who was defendant in the original ... proceeding; (3) its bona fide termination in favor of the present ... plaintiff; (4) the absence of probable cause for such proceeding; (5) the presence of malice therein; and (6) damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Malice can be inferred when the evidence shows that `the claimant acted with absence of caution and inquiry that a person should employ before filing a suit.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Finnie v. LeBlanc“Moreover, malice exists when there is `knowledge that it is false or a reckless disregard for the truth.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Finnie v. LeBlanc
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.