Bryan Corp. v. Abrano’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc. · Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co. · Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe · Adoption of Erica
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here circumstances arise such that a reasonable lawyer would believe that the actions required to provide competent representation of one client would render the client's interests adverse to those of another client of the lawyer, the proper course of action is to disclose the conflict and obtain the informed consent of both clients, or withdraw from representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there is a significant risk that the representation of one or more clients will be materially limited by the lawyer's responsibilities to another client, a former client or a third person or by a personal interest of the lawyer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[u]nforeseeable developments, such as changes in corporate and other organizational affiliations or the addition or realignment of parties in litigation, might create conflicts in the midst of a representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.