· 6/30/1942
Melvin v. Pence
Citations
- 130 F.2d 423
- 143 A.L.R. 149
- 76 U.S. App. D.C. 154
- 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 3116
How courts have described this case
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- finding defendants instigated administrative proceedings against plaintiff where defendants reported that plaintiff had impersonated an officer to the licensing body for the purposes of having plaintiff’s license revoked
- malicious prosecution based on institution of arbitration proceedings should not have been dismissed for failure to join indispensable party
- “Instigation is sufficient, when institution [of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding] actually follows from it.”
- proceeding to revoke private detective’s license
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Judges: Groner, Chief Justice, Vinson and Rutledge, Associate Justices
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