Legal Opinion
HAVILAH REAL PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC v. VLK, LLC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 2015No. 12-CV-403 & 12-CV-542PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
This case presents a question of first impression in the District of Columbia: Whether the filing of a notice of lis pendens 1 in connection with litigation over real property is protected by an absolute or a conditional privilege as a defense to a claim of tortious interference with contract and/or prospective advantage. Factually, this case is essentially about a bitter dispute between two companies over the right to purchase certain real properties for in vestment purposes, stemming, in large part, from the personal rivalry between the companies’ owners…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Guth v. Loft, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1939
- Albertson v. RaboffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Alabama v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Nader v. De ToledanoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by33 opinions
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