Glueck v. Jonathan Logan, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.2d 746 · 1981
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Royal Indemnity Co. v. J. C. Penney Co. (1986), Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (1982)
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 17 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
Relies on Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · Helfat v. Securities & Exchange Commission · Cox v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. · 113 F. Supp. 265 - T. C. Theatre Corp. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. · Emle Industries, Inc. v. Patentex, Inc.
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Recognizing the serious impact of attorney disqualification on the client’s right to select counsel of his choice, we have indicated that such relief should ordinarily be granted only when a violation of the Canons of the Code of Professional Responsibility poses a significant risk of trial taint. Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 444-46 (2d Cir. 1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); Board of Education v. Nyquist, 590 F.2d 1241, 1246 (2d Cir. 1979). That risk is encountered when an attorney represents one client in a suit against another client, in violation of Canon 5, e.g., Cinema 5, Ltd. v. Cinerama, Inc., 528 F.2d 1384 (2d Cir. 1976), or might benefit a client in a lawsuit by using confidential information about an adverse party obtained through prior representation of that party, in violation of Canon 4, e.g., Emle Industries, Inc. v. Patentex, Inc., 478 F.2d 562 (2d Cir. 1973).” (emphasis added).”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]isqualification will ordinarily be required whenever the subject matter of a suit is sufficiently related to the scope of the matters on which a firm represents an association as to create a realistic risk either that the plaintiff will not be represented with vigor or that unfair advantage will be taken of the defendant.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the lawyer who would sue his own client, asserting in justification the lack of “substantial relationship” between the litigation and the work he has undertaken to perform for that client, is leaning on a slender reed indeed. Putting it as mildly as we can, we think it would be questionable conduct for an attorney to participate in any lawsuit against his own client without the knowledge and consent of all concerned.... Where the relationship is a continuing one, adverse representation is prima facie improper ... and the attorney must be prepared to show, at the very least, that there will be no actual or apparent [emphasis in original] conflict in loyalties or diminution in the vigor of his representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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