Venuto v. Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi & Stewart, P.C.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents three issues concerning the elements of a civil claim for malicious prosecution under New Jersey law. Proceeding from the more general to the more specific they are: (1) whether a “special grievance” continues to be a required element of such claim; (2) if so, whether special grievances are limited to deprivations of property that are the direct and immediate result of the malicious prosecution itself; and (3) whether deprivation resulting from a voluntary bankruptcy, as opposed to an involuntary bankruptcy, is sufficient. In…