Wells v. Rushing’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 376 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2010 · most notably Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Carbon County Coal Co. (1986), United States v. Neal (1994)
20 federal appellate · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Fisher v. United States · Brandon v. Holt · Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin SNG, Inc. · In re Sealed Case · National Labor Relations Board v. Dinion Coil Co.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“protects communication from the client to the attorney made in confidence for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. It shields communications from the lawyer to the client only to the extent that these are based on, or may disclose, confidential information provided by the client or contain advice or opinions of the attorney.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the major controversy centers around the .25 caliber pistol found in Harris' hand, which Wells alleges was a 'drop gun,' i.e., a gun planted by Rushing after the shooting in order to give the appearance that he acted in self defense.”); see also Todd v. City of Chicago, No. 96-C-5247, 1999 WL 356293 at n. 3 (N.D.Ill. May 24, 1999) (discussing”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“made in confidence for the purposes of obtaining legal advice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Granviel v. Lynaugh
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.