17 Va. App. 535 - Hicks v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Michel v. United States · United States v. McPartlin · in the Matter of Bevill, Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corporation · United States v. Bay State Ambulance & Hospital Rental Service, Inc. · 12 Va. App. 476 - Campbell v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Whether an action is civil or criminal, potential or actual, whether the commonly interested parties are plaintiffs or defendants, “persons who share a common interest in litigation should be able to communicate with their respective attorneys and with each other to more effectively prosecute or defend their claims.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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