Carter v. Gibbs

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that even an inadvertent disclosure automatically waives the attorney work product privilege, because to do otherwise \would do no more than seal the bag from which the cat has already escaped.\
• holding that even an inadvertent disclosure automatically waives the attorney work product privilege, because to do otherwise \would do no more than seal the bag from which the cat has already escaped.\
• inadvertent provision to opponent of an internal Justice Department memo constituted a waiver of the work product privilege

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Echostar Communications Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2006-05-03· cited 124×
• In Re Columbia/Hca Healthcare Corporation Billing Practices Litigation
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-06-10· cited 114×
• Eden Isle Marina, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2009-08-28· cited 45×
• In Re Grand Jury (Impounded)
  Third Circuit· 1998-03-13· cited 37×
• Evergreen Trading, LLC ex rel. GN Investments, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2007-12-21· cited 37×
• Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2000-01-18· cited 33×
• Energy Capital Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-01-11· cited 29×
• Deseret Management Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2007-03-29· cited 28×
• Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-07-30· cited 27×
• Genentech, Inc. v. The United States International Trade Commission
  Federal Circuit· 1997-08-14· cited 26×
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-01-25· cited 24×
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Under Armour, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2008-02-13· cited 21×
• Oasis International Waters, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2013-04-18· cited 18×
• Sparton Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-08-09· cited 16×
• B.E. Meyers & Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1998-07-27· cited 13×
• Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-09-13· cited 12×
• International Business Machines Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1997-03-10· cited 10×
• AAB Joint Venture v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2007-02-28· cited 10×
• Local 851 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Kuehne & Nagel Air Freight, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1999-01-27· cited 9×
• Carter v. Gibbs
  Federal Circuit· 1990-03-30· cited 7×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hickman v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1947-01-13· cited 4,981×
• United States v. Nobles
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-23· cited 1,718×
• In Re Sealed Case
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-04-23· cited 426×
• United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-09-16· cited 393×
• American Standard Inc. v. Pfizer Inc. And Howmedica, Inc., and Biomet, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-08-31· cited 131×
• Transamerica Computer Company, Inc., and v. International Business MacHines Corporation, And
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-04-20· cited 116×