· 7/6/1984
Myers v. Cohen
Citations
- 687 P.2d 6
- 5 Haw. App. 232
- 1984 Haw. App. LEXIS 78
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “an attorney may be liable for malicious prosecution if he acts for an improper purpose” and that an “attorney may also be sued and held personally liable if he maliciously participates in [an] abuse of process”
- “We are unable to find any indication of a common law tort of extortion, and Hawaii does not have a civil extortion statute”
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Judges: Burns, Heen, Tanaka
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