Pfizer Inc. v. Lord’s Empirical Analysis
456 F.2d 545 · 1972
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently September 2005 · most notably Diversified Industries, Inc. v. Meredith (1977), Von Bulow ex rel. Auersperg v. Von Bulow (1987)
58 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 41 (§ 1 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Will v. United States · Clark v. United States · United States v. District Court · Ex parte Fahey · First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[B]ecause maintenance of the attorney-client privilege up to its proper limits has substantial importance to the administration of justice, and because an appeal after disclosure of the privileged communication is an inadequate remedy, the extraordinary remedy of mandamus is appropriate.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Under present law, a party seeking to overcome a claim of attorney-client privilege by invoking the improper purpose exception has the burden of producing sufficient evidence to sustain a finding that the challenged communications were made in furtherance of a crime or tort.” (emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“prima facie showings of fraudulent or criminal activity (emphasis added)....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.