In Re Sharpe’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller · Panduit Corp. v. All States Plastic Manufacturing Co. · Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co. · Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“First, the court must factually reconstruct the scope of the prior legal representations. Second, the court must determine what confidential information may reasonably be inferred to have been provided to a lawyer representing a client in such matters. Third, the court must decide whether that information is relevant to the current litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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