Walsh 1978 United States’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
7 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably 108 Ill. App. 3d 732 - McDonald's Corp. v. Levine (1982), Commonwealth v. Maguigan (1986)
7 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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
Relies on United States v. Nixon · Branzburg v. Hayes · Hoffman v. United States · Fisher v. United States · United States v. Dionisio
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Where legal advice of any kind is sought (2) from a professional legal adviser in his capacity as such, (3) the communications relating to that purpose, (4) made in confidence (5) by the client, (6) are at his instance permanently protected (7) from disclosure by himself or by the legal adviser, (8) except the protection be waived.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Once the attorney-client relationship is established, inquiry will focus upon the nature of the communication or information sought. The relationship itself does not create `[a] cloak of protection [which is] draped around all occurrences and conversations which have any bearing, direct or indirect, upon the relationship of the attorney with his client.' United States v. Goldfarb, 328 F.2d 280, 281-82 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 377 U.S. 976 , 84 S.Ct. 1883 , 12 L.Ed.2d 746 (1964). The privilege `protects only those disclosures necessary to obtain informed legal advice which might not have been made absent the privilege.' Fisher v. United States, 425 U.S. [391,] 403, 96 S.Ct. [1569,] 1577 [, 48 L.Ed.2d 39 (1976)]." Matter of Walsh, 623 F.2d 489, 494 (7th Cir), cert. denied, sub. nom. Walsh v. United States, 449 U.S. 994 , 101 S.Ct. 531 , 66 L.Ed.2d 291 (1980).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““As a general rule, matters involving the receipt of fees from a client are not privileged as they do not involve confidential communications. In re January 1976 Grand Jury (Genson) [ 534 F.2d 719 (7th Cir. 1976)]; United States v. Hodgson [ 492 F.2d 1175 (10th Cir. 1974)]; United States v. Haddad, 527 F.2d 537 (6th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 974 [ 96 S.Ct. 2173 , 48 L.Ed.2d 797 ] . . . (1976). This is also true with respect to who paid the fee. In re Michaelson, 511 F.2d 882 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 978 [ 95 S.Ct. 1979 , 44 L.Ed.2d 469 ] . . . (1975). The grand jury may thus view the documents sought by the subpoena, including ledgers, time records, and retainer agreements.” Matter of Walsh, 623 F.2d 489, 494 (7th Cir. 1980); accord, United States v. Davis, 636 F.2d 1028, 1044 (5th Cir. 1981); In re January 1976 Grand Jury, 534 F.2d 719, 728 (7th Cir. 1976); In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 517 F.2d 666 (5th Cir. 1975); see Colton, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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