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· 7/16/1975

Krashes v. White

Citations

  • 341 A.2d 798
  • 275 Md. 549
  • 1975 Md. LEXIS 986

How courts have described this case

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

  • relating to a similar provision in the District of Columbia Long Arm Statute
  • arrest is not essential element of action for abuse of criminal process although issuance of some form of criminal process is
  • “ ‘a primary purpose in instituting the proceeding other than that of bringing an offender to justice’ ”
  • absent provision in certification order for reformulation of questions, this Court could not answer conditional subsidiary questions when condition was unsatisfied
  • discusses the elements of malicious prosecution including the requirement that criminal proceedings be instituted by the defendant against the plaintiff
  • “Perhaps fact situations will arise which will be deemed outside the scope of the Maryland ‘long arm’ statute, although there may be a constitutional basis for jurisdiction over the nonresident defendant.”

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Judges: Murphy, Singley, Smith, Digges, Levine, Eldridge, O'Donnell

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