Schroeder v. De Bertolo’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez · Gooley v. Mobil Oil Corp. · Dartmouth Review v. Dartmouth College · McCoy v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Most-quoted passages
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“‘It is not enough that a mere complaint has been made to the proper authorities for the purpose of setting prosecution in motion, where no official action ever has been taken.’ W. Page Keeton, et al., Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts §§ 119, at 871 (5th ed.1984); see also Stromberg v. Costello, 456 F.Supp. 848, 850 (D.Mass.1978) complaint did not state a claim for malicious prosecution because no proceeding actually resulted, despite the fact that defendant twice applied for criminal complaints against the plaintiff and appealed the denials of the complaints). Moreover, even if plaintiffs had intentionally and maliciously provided false information to the police during an investigation, that conduct would be an insufficient basis to state a cause of action for malicious prosecution if no criminal process actually resulted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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