Dooley v. Boyle’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Where an attorney is consulted by two parties in a matter of common interest for their mutual benefit, nothing said by the parties or the attorney is deemed confidential in litigation between those parties or their personal representatives since their common interest forbids concealment of statements made by one from the other. (See, Richardson, Evidence § 413 (Prince 10th ed.); Annotation, Attorney-Client Privilege Joint Clients, 4 A.L.R. 4th 765 , 781; cf., Wallace v. Wallace, 216 N.Y. 28 , 109 N.E. 872 ; Old Homestead Enters. v. Hall, Jr., Enters., 102 A.D.2d 935 , All N.Y.S.2d 519; Brandman v. Cross & Brown Co., 125 Misc. 2d 185 , 479 N.Y.S.2d 435 ; Matter of Swantee, 90 Misc. 2d 519 , 394 N.Y.S.2d 547 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Patel v. Allison