United States Seventh Circuit

In a malicious prosecution action, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant acted with probable cause when investigating the charges against plaintiff, preparing his report for the State's Attorney, and testifying before the grand jury, giving him a complete defense to plaintiff's state malicious prosecution claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/28/2009
• Decided 07/29/2009
• Published 07/29/2009

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before EVANS, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Berks (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.