Thornton v. Rhoden

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that giving notice of a deposition can be “process” for purposes of the tort
• publication of matters revealed during discovery standing alone does not support cause of action for abuse of process
• “The salutary purpose of the privilege should not be frustrated by putting a new label on the complaint.”
• “If it is desirable to create an absolute privilege in defamation . . . because we do not want [an attorney or party] to have to be concerned with libel or slander actions . . ., we should not remove one concern and saddle him with another for doing precisely the same thing”
• “If it is desirable to create an absolute privilege in defamation ... because we do not want [an attorney or party] to have to be concerned with libel or slander actions ..., we should not remove one concern and saddle him with another for doing precisely the same thing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).