United States v. Bump’s Empirical Analysis
605 F.2d 548 · 1979
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Weil v. Investment/Indicators, Research & Management, Inc. (1981), 196 Ill. 2d 269 - People v. Wagener (2001)
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 9 state decisions
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 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Harris v. New York · United States v. Nobles · Williams v. Florida · McGautha v. California · Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if the privilege exists it is waived when the client voluntarily reveals the information to another....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An important element of the lawyer-client privilege is a showing that the communication was meant to be kept secret. When a matter is communicated to the lawyer with the intention or understanding it is to be repeated to another, the content of the statement is not within the privilege.... Even if the privilege exists it is waived when the client voluntarily reveals the information to another or his attorney does so with his consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In this case Bump’s attorney gave information acquired from his client to the government. Bump makes no showing that the lawyer’s disclosures were without his consent, or that he communicated the information to the attorney with the intention it be kept secret. The burden of proving a communication is privileged is upon the person asserting the privilege.” Id.”
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.