Ruberton v. Gabage

How courts have described this case

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

• 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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).