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PARRISH v. LATHAM & WATKINS

No. S228277.

3 Cal.5th 767 (2017)

WILLIAM PARRISH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LATHAM & WATKINS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 10, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti , Scott H. Sims ; Panish, Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish , Adam K. Shea , Kevin R. Boyle ; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg, Dennis P. Riley and Rena E. Kreitenberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Julian W. Poon , Jeremy S. Smith ; McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for Defendants and Respondents.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup , Bartley L. Becker and Kenneth C. Feldman for Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Buchalter Nemer, Harry W.R. Chamberlain II and Robert M. Dato for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Mark B. Helm and John F. Muller for Attorney's Liability Assurance Society, Inc., Baker & McKenzie, Peter D. Engstrom, Bryan Cave LLP, John W. Amberg, DLA Piper LLP (US), Charles L. Deem, Fish & Richardson P.C., John W. Thornburgh, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Kevin S. Rosen, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Jeff E. Scott, Irell & Manella LLP, Harry Mittleman, McGuireWoods LLP, Leslie M. Werlin, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Douglas L. Hendricks, Philip T. Besirof, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Martin S. Checov, Paul Hastings LLP, Eve M. Coddon, Reed Smith LLP, Kurt C. Peterson, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP and Adam R. Fox as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Benjamin G. Shatz , Sarah E. Gettings ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Alana H. Rotter and Cynthia E. Tobisman for Los Angeles County Bar Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

To establish liability for the tort of malicious prosecution, a plaintiff must demonstrate, among other things, that the defendant previously caused the commencement or continuation of an action against the plaintiff that was not supported by probable cause. We have held that if an action succeeds after a hearing...

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