Janetka_v._Dabe
Janetka v. Dabe
American legal case
In Janetka v. Dabe, 892 F.2d 187 (2d Cir. 1989),[1] the Second Circuit considered whether, under New York law, a plaintiff could satisfy the element of "favorable termination" requisite to a malicious prosecution claim when he had been acquitted on a misdemeanor charge (resisting arrest) but convicted of a less serious charge (disorderly conduct, a violation).[1]