Chaffin, Inc. v. Wallain

How courts have described this case

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

• holding adverse inference permissible in the face of defendants' repeated invocation of Fifth Amendment privilege in discovery responses
• noting intent may be proved by circumstances as well as direct proof
• “[T]he finder of fact in a civil case should be permitted to draw an adverse inference against a party who claims the Fifth Amendment privilege . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re the Marriage of Sgarlatti
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1990-10-11· cited 27×
• People v. Robnett
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-10-04· cited 26×
• Kramer v. Levitt
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-06-08· cited 22×
• Long v. Long
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-29· cited 7×
• Emerson v. Wembley USA Inc.
  D. Colorado· 2006-06-01· cited 4×
• Dotson v. Estate of Pearson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-12-01· cited 4×
• Romero v. Colorado Department of Human Services
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2018-01-11· cited 3×
• Crow-Watson Properties, Inc. v. Carrier
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1986-03-06· cited 3×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fuentes v. Shevin
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 3,921×
• Baxter v. Palmigiano
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-20· cited 2,133×
• Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 1,797×
• Kopeikin v. Merchants Mortgage & Trust Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-04-02· cited 47×
• Hafelfinger v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1912-01-15· cited 8×
• Bernhardt v. Commodity Option Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-12-16· cited 2×