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New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 3/10/1995

Ruberton v. Gabage

Citations

  • 654 A.2d 1002
  • 280 N.J. Super. 125

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  • emphasizing that the absolute privilege applies only to claims of tortious conduct and not to a claim of unprofessional conduct or to summary contempt proceedings against the offending attorney
  • explaining that abuse of process requires application of judicial power to achieve improper ends
  • explaining that abuse of process requires the illegitimate use of judicial power
  • defining “abuse of process” as “the abuse of procedural methods used by a court to acquire or exercise its jurisdiction over a person or over specific property.” (quotation marks omitted)
  • “It must be emphasized that the absolute privilege . . . applies to claims of tortious conduct; it does not apply to a claim of unprofessional conduct, or to summary contempt proceedings against the offending attorney.”

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Judges: Judges Havey, Brochin and Cuff

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