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· 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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