PITTSBURGH CONSOLIDATION COAL CO.

v.

WOUNICK

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Fortin v. Comm'r OF the Mass. Dep't OF Pub. Welf., 692 F.2d 790 (1st Cir. 1982)
  …nt to show good faith, but good faith is not a defense to civil contempt. McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co., 336 U.S. 187, 191, 69 S.Ct. 497, 499, 93 L.Ed. 599 (1949); Sucrs, de A. Mayol & Co. v. Mitchell, 280 F. 2d 477, 481 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 364 U.S. 902, 81 S.Ct 235, 5 L.Ed.2d 195 (1960). Conversely, impossibility would be a defense to contempt, see Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 673 F. 2d 628, 638-39 (3d Cir.) (en banc), cert. granted, - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 2956, 73 L.Ed.2d 1348 (…
• Ward v. Union Barge Line Corp., 443 F.2d 565 (3d Cir. 1971)
  …teel Corp., 359 F. 2d 7 (3d Cir. 1966). . Mroz v. Dravo Corp., 429 F. 2d 1156 (3d Cir. 1970); Lipfird v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co., 310 F. 2d 639 (3d Cir. 1962); Wounick v. Pittsburgh Consol. Coal Co., 283 F. 2d 325 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 364 U.S. 902, 81 S.Ct. 234, 5 L.Ed.2d 195 (1960); Taylor v. Crain, 195 F. 2d 163 (3d Cir. 1952). . Plaintiff has urged that we accept the rule of Larios v. Victory Carriers, Inc., 316 F. 2d 63 (2d Cir. 1963), which he claims places the burden of establishing pr…
• McCARTHY v. Kleindienst, 741 F.2d 1406 (D.C. Cir. 1984)
  …lated in the regular prosecution of the charge.” Morowitz v. Marvel, 423 A. 2d 196, 198 (D.C.1980). The existence of probable cause is not a defense to an abuse of process claim. Chatterton v. Janousek, 280 F. 2d 719, 721 (D.C.Cir.), cert, denied, 364 U.S. 902, 81 S.Ct. 235, 5 L.Ed.2d 195 (1960); Williams v. City Stores Co., 192 A. 2d 534, 537 (D.C.1963); see also W. Prosser, Law of Torts 856 (4th ed. 1971). The essence of the tort, however, lies in the misuse of judicial proceedings. See, e.g., Foothil…