Blake v. Levy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that, in tortious interference case, \[f]or a plaintiff successfully to prosecute such an action it must prove that the defendant's conduct was in fact tortious\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• noting that vexatious litigation and malicious prosecution are “kindred torts” “where the claimed impropriety arises out of previous litigation”
• reasoning that a claim for tortious interference is made out only when the interference results in injury to another and is wrongful by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself
• stating that “[a] claim is made out [only] when interference resulting in injury to another is wrongful by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself”
• stating that “[n]ot every act that disturbs a contract or business expectancy is actionable”
• describing vexatious litigation and malicious prosecution as “kindred torts” “where the claimed impropriety arises out of previous litigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).