. . . . . . . "Hartman v. Moore, 547 U.S. 250 (2006), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the pleading standard for retaliatory prosecution claims against government officials. After a successful lobbying attempt by the CEO of a manufacturing company against competing devices that the US Postal Service supported, the CEO found himself the target of an investigation by US postal inspectors and a criminal prosecution that was dismissed for lack of evidence. The CEO then filed suit against the inspectors and other government officials for seeking to prosecute him in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights to criticize postal policy. The Court ruled 5-2 that to prove that the prosecution was caused by a retaliatory motive, the plaintiff bringing such a claim must a"@en . . . "22132"^^ . . . . . . . . "--01-10"^^ . . . "172800.0"^^ . . . . . . . "1117068398"^^ . . "5170656"^^ . . "2006"^^ . "Ginsburg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hartman v. Moore,"@en . "250"^^ . . . "Supreme Court"@en . . . . . "25920.0"^^ . . . . . . "Breyer"@en . . . . . "2006"^^ . . "Michael Hartman, Frank Kormann, Pierce McIntosh, Norman Robbins, and Robert Edwards v. William G. Moore, Jr."@en . "547"^^ . . . "Hartman v. Moore"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . "Souter"@en . . "Hartman v. Moore"@en . . . . . "Roberts and Alito"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "4"^^ . . . . "A plaintiff in a retaliatory-prosecution action against federal officials must plead and show the absence of probable cause for pressing the underlying criminal charges. D.C. Circuit reversed and remanded."@en . . . . . . . "--04-26"^^ . "Moore's motion to compel testimony granted, 241 F.R.D. 59"@en . . . . . "Michael Hartman, Frank Kormann, Pierce McIntosh, Norman Robbins, and Robert Edwards v. William G. Moore, Jr."@en . . . . "Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas"@en . "Hartman v. Moore, 547 U.S. 250 (2006), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the pleading standard for retaliatory prosecution claims against government officials. After a successful lobbying attempt by the CEO of a manufacturing company against competing devices that the US Postal Service supported, the CEO found himself the target of an investigation by US postal inspectors and a criminal prosecution that was dismissed for lack of evidence. The CEO then filed suit against the inspectors and other government officials for seeking to prosecute him in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights to criticize postal policy. The Court ruled 5-2 that to prove that the prosecution was caused by a retaliatory motive, the plaintiff bringing such a claim must allege and prove that the criminal charges were brought without probable cause."@en . . . .