Umansky v. Urquhart

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[pjrocess interpreted broadly [citations omitted] does include the filings of a complaint. It can mean either the original commencement of a suit or the processes issued collaterally”
• holding absolute privilege applies to abuse of process claims
• intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Marriage of Flaherty
  California Supreme Court· 1982-06-17· cited 754×
• Silberg v. Anderson
  California Supreme Court· 1990-02-26· cited 660×
• Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-05-29· cited 234×
• Kimmel v. Goland
  California Supreme Court· 1990-07-12· cited 178×
• Oren Royal Oaks Venture v. Greenberg, Bernard, Weiss & Karma Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1986-12-31· cited 155×
• Brody v. Montalbano
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-12-22· cited 93×
• Fuhrman v. California Satellite Systems
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-03-28· cited 67×
• Block v. Sacramento Clinical Labs, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-04-30· cited 58×
• Fellows v. National Enquirer, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1986-07-31· cited 56×
• Asia Investment Co. v. Borowski
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-06-23· cited 56×
• Padres L.P. v. Henderson
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-01-15· cited 51×
• Franklin Mint Co. v. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-05-03· cited 49×
• Financial Corp. of America v. Wilburn
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-02-18· cited 48×
• Rosenthal v. Irell & Manella
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-08-17· cited 48×
• The Estate of Richard A. Mayer, and Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty v. Lax, Inc., and David Lasco
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-10-07· cited 32×
• Drum v. Bleau, Fox & Associates
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-04-09· cited 30×
• Abraham v. Lancaster Community Hospital
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-01-30· cited 26×
• Richardson v. La Rancherita of La Jolla, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-10-25· cited 26×
• Block v. First Blood Associates
  S.D. New York· 1988-07-06· cited 21×
• Chen v. Fleming
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-09-15· cited 19×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California
  California Supreme Court· 1976-07-01· cited 1,035×
• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• In Re Marriage of Brown
  California Supreme Court· 1976-01-16· cited 507×
• Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn.
  California Supreme Court· 1972-05-10· cited 404×
• Albertson v. Raboff
  California Supreme Court· 1956-04-10· cited 360×
• Spellens v. Spellens
  California Supreme Court· 1957-10-30· cited 143×
• Bradley v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-02-26· cited 105×
• Jarchow v. Transamerica Title Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-06-05· cited 103×
• Thornton v. Rhoden
  California Court of Appeal· 1966-09-21· cited 83×
• Younger v. Solomon
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-03-29· cited 78×
• King v. Central Bank
  California Supreme Court· 1977-01-06· cited 76×
• Templeton Feed & Grain v. Ralston Purina Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1968-10-25· cited 67×
• Twyford v. Twyford
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-11-05· cited 62×
• Cooper v. Bray
  California Supreme Court· 1978-08-16· cited 58×
• Tool Research & Engineering Corp. v. Henigson
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-03-31· cited 52×
• Pease v. Beech Aircraft Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-04-05· cited 47×
• Tranchina v. Arcinas
  California Court of Appeal· 1947-03-12· cited 45×
• Schwalbe v. Jones
  California Supreme Court· 1976-03-12· cited 37×
• Italian Star Line, Inc. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1931-08-25· cited 33×
• Tellefsen v. Key System Transit Lines
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-12-28· cited 33×