Walker v. American Security & Trust Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “There must be both malice and a want of probable cause to maintain an action for malicious use of process.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Keys v. Chrysler Credit Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-06-28· cited 85×
• Palmer Ford, Inc. v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-02-08· cited 63×
• One Thousand Fleet Ltd. Partnership v. Guerriero
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-06-12· cited 61×
• Berman v. Karvounis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-01-02· cited 56×
• Campbell v. Lake Hallowell Homeowners Ass'n
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-07-02· cited 49×
• Thomas v. Gladstone
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-05-11· cited 27×
• Wood v. Palmer Ford, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-02-06· cited 27×
• Roginsky v. Blake-Roginsky
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-11-04· cited 23×
• Thomas v. Capital Medical Management Associates, LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-07· cited 22×
• Havilah Real Property Services, LLC v. Early
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-03-27· cited 17×
• Manufacturers Supply Co. v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-02-13· cited 8×
• Palmer Ford, Inc. v. Wood
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-12-05· cited 6×
• Wesko v. G.E.M., Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-10-23· cited 3×
• Charles v. Charles
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-05-30

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Barrack
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-05-08· cited 96×
• In re State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1880-10-07· cited 85×
• Strickler Engineering Corp. v. Seminar, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-05-08· cited 71×
• Banks v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-10-01· cited 55×
• Zablonsky v. Perkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-01-15· cited 26×
• Jannenga v. Libernini
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1960-05-25· cited 18×
• Medcalfe v. Brooklyn Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1876-06-21· cited 17×
• Shamberger v. Dessel
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-10-16· cited 9×
• Capitol Electric Co. v. Cristaldi
  D. Maryland· 1958-01-03· cited 9×