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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Shrum v. Cooke.

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1 Shrum v. Cooke Anchor
ca10 · 2023
green “(1) the defendant caused the plaintiff's continued confinement or prosecution; (2) the original action terminated in favor of the plaintiff; (3) no probable cause supported the arrest, confinement, or prosecution; (4) the defendant acted maliciously; and (5) the plaintiff sustai…” 14
2 Myers v. Koopman
ca10 · 2013
green “if plaintiff's detention occurred before he received legal process, he can assert a claim for false imprisonment.” 4
3 Bledsoe v. Vanderbilt
ca10 · 2019
green “since a detective who fabricates evidence during the preliminary investigation of a crime 'is entitled to qualified immunity,' prosecutors who do the same are likewise 'protected only by qualified immunity.” 3

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