People v. Ash

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that the challenged “regularly issued process” may be “either civil or criminal”
• explaining that the “sole” motivation for the defendant’s actions must be one of malevolence
• dismissing malicious abuse of process claim because Plaintiffs warrantless arrest “did not involve legal process.”
• “[T]he institution of a civil action by summons and complaint is not legally considered process capable of being abused.”
• “[the Prima Facie Tort] should not ‘become a catch-all alternative for every cause of action which cannot stand on its legs.’ ”
• \A malicious motive alone ... does not give rise to a cause of action for abuse of process.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).