oppressive litigation

oppressive litigation
Litigation for the purpose of harassing, annoying, and vexing an opponent, rather than for the adjudication of rights, being invoked, not for the attainment of justice, but to further or satisfy a malicious motive. Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v Pearson, 139 Conn 186, 91 A2d 778.

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