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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 99 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 Fridley v. Horrighs.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fridley v. Horrighs Anchor | green | “in order for a wrongful arrest claim to succeed under 1983, a plaintiff must prove that the police lacked probable cause.” | 27 |
| 2 | Katherine Gardenhire and Walter Gardenhire v. Donald Schubert, in His Individual and Official Capacity as Chief of Police | green | “a police officer has probable cause only when he discovers reasonably reliable information that the suspect has committed a crime.” | 23 |
| 3 | Harris v. Bornhorst | green | “an arresting agent is entitled to qualified immunity if he or she could reasonably (even if erroneously) have believed that the arrest was lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information possessed at the time by the arresting agent.” | 20 |
| 4 | Harris v. Bornhorst | green | “a finding of probable cause does not require evidence that is completely convincing or even evidence that would be admissible at trial; all that is required is that the evidence be sufficient to lead a reasonable officer to conclude that the arrestee has committed or is committi…” | 12 |
| 5 | Harris v. Bornhorst | green | “consider only the information possessed by the arresting officer at the time of the arrest.” | 9 |
| 6 | David Charvat v. Eastern Ohio Regional Wastewater Authority | green | “first, the court must ask whether the plaintiff in the civil action has demonstrated the violation of a constitutionally protected right.” | 8 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.