People Ex Rel. Gallagher v. Hertz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a district attorney or those acting under him” are not a “tribunal”
• direct threats of criminal prosecution made with the intent to force settlement of civil matter violated the rule
• attorney acting as receiver for partnership threatened criminal prosecution unless party repaid $4,200 attorney claimed was due to the partnership and then followed through on threat, his sole motive being promotion of his interest in the civil matter
• attorney acting as receiver for partnership threatened criminal prosecution unless party repaid $4,200 attorney claimed was due to the partnership and then followed through on threat, his sole motive being promotion of his interest in the civil matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).