In Re John Doe Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.2d 482 · 1982
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 15 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 199 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Zolin (1989), In re Sealed Case (1982)
65 federal appellate · 15 district · 13 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 Hickman v. Taylor · United States v. Nixon · Upjohn Company v. United States · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Palermo 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 199 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A claim that a need for confidentiality must be respected in order to facilitate the seeking and rendering of informed legal advice is not consistent with selective disclosure when the claimant decides that the confidential materials can be put to other beneficial purposes.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[ W]e have examined in camera the notes of the Employee A interview and agree totally with Judge Sifton that their production will not trench upon any substantial interest protected by the work-product immunity. The notes recite in a paraphrased, abbreviated form, statements by Employee A relating to events [at issue]. To the extent that the statements imply the attorney’s questions from which inferences might be drawn as to his thinking, those inferences merely disclose the concerns a layman would have as well as a lawyer in these particular circumstances, and in no way reveal anything worthy of the description “legal theory.” We hold, therefore, that the notes of the Employee A interview must be produced.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]hat Court rejected a `pick and choose' theory of attorney-client privilege. We agree with the sentiment and note that the case before us is somewhat stronger since it does not involve an agreement with a governmental agency purporting to protect the privilege so far as other agencies are concerned.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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