Curiano v. Suozzi

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that the challenged “regularly issued process” may be “either civil or criminal”
• explaining that the “sole” motivation for the defendant’s actions must be one of malevolence
• dismissing malicious abuse of process claim because Plaintiffs warrantless arrest “did not involve legal process.”
• “[T]he institution of a civil action by summons and complaint is not legally considered process capable of being abused.”
• “[the Prima Facie Tort] should not ‘become a catch-all alternative for every cause of action which cannot stand on its legs.’ ”
• \A malicious motive alone ... does not give rise to a cause of action for abuse of process.\

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Cited by

366 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mark Cook v. Roberta Sheldon and Nelson Saldana, New York State Troopers
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-02· cited 347×
• A. G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v. Lezak
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-12-18· cited 248×
• Hall v. City of White Plains
  S.D. New York· 2002-01-25· cited 191×
• Newton v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2008-07-16· cited 145×
• Gertler v. Goodgold
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-04-04· cited 129×
• Andrew Chen and Chen Printing and Supply Co., Inc. v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1988-08-11· cited 123×
• Quail Ridge Associates v. Chemical Bank
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-06-28· cited 91×
• DeVaney v. Thriftway Marketing Corp.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-12-22· cited 89×
• Parkin v. Cornell University, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-11-26· cited 88×
• Epifani v. Johnson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-06-23· cited 85×
• Wahlstrom v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad
  S.D. New York· 2000-04-06· cited 82×
• Engel v. CBS, INC.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1999-04-06· cited 81×
• DiBlasio v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 1996-12-13· cited 76×
• Gabrelian v. Gabrelian
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-05-20· cited 72×
• Ostroski v. Town of Southold
  E.D. New York· 2006-07-21· cited 67×
• Hershey v. Goldstein
  S.D. New York· 2013-04-09· cited 62×
• Greco v. Christoffersen
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-02-09· cited 61×
• Von Bulow Ex Rel. Auersperg v. Von Bulow
  S.D. New York· 1987-04-10· cited 58×
• Avgush v. Town of Yorktown
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-03-03· cited 57×
• Vasile v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1998-09-14· cited 56×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Burns Jackson Miller Summit & Spitzer v. Lindner
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-06-16· cited 514×
• Board of Education v. Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Ass'n
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-12-29· cited 304×
• Williams v. Williams
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-01-23· cited 229×
• Sanders v. Winship
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-11-18· cited 117×
• ATI, Inc. v. Ruder & Finn, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-10-06· cited 108×
• Belsky v. Lowenthal
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-05-11· cited 78×
• Drago v. Buonagurio
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-20· cited 73×
• Belsky v. Lowenthal
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-05-31· cited 69×
• Reinforce, Inc. v. Birney
  New York Court of Appeals· 1954-12-31· cited 32×
• Drago v. Buonagurio
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-02-23· cited 30×
• Miller v. Stern
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1941-05-09· cited 27×
• Knapp Engraving Co. v. Keystone Photo Engraving Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1956-02-14· cited 21×
• Hoppenstein v. Zemek
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-04-03· cited 15×
• Ginsberg v. Ginsberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-10-26· cited 14×
• Osinoff v. Muchnick
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-07-06· cited 5×
• Howard v. Block
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-10-07· cited 4×
• Weber v. Opera on Tour, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1941-10-13· cited 4×
• Curiano v. Suozzi
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-06-21· cited 3×

Other cases named Curiano v. Suozzi

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Curiano v. Suozzi
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-06-21· cited 3×