Commonwealth v. Edwards

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the proponent of an attorney-client privilege has the burden of proving “that an attorney-client relationship existed, that the communications under consideration are privileged, and that the privilege was not waived”
• “The proponent has the burden to establish that the attorney-client relationship existed, that the communications under consideration are privileged, and that the privilege was not waived.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Anderson v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-05-11· cited 174×
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-01-10· cited 85×
• Schwartz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-19· cited 52×
• In Re Caucus Distributors, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1989-10-25· cited 28×
• LeMond v. McElroy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-04-20· cited 19×
• Via v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-13· cited 16×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Westmoreland-LG&E Partners
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-03-03· cited 15×
• Rogers v. Deane
  E.D. Virginia· 2014-01-22· cited 15×
• Walter Mickens, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-09-14· cited 13×
• Ring v. Mikris, Inc.
  Newport News County Circuit Court· 1996-12-18· cited 12×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-01-11· cited 11×
• RML Corp. v. Assurance Co.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-10-25· cited 9×
• Lopez v. Woolever
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2003-06-25· cited 9×
• Walton v. MID-ATLANTIC SPINE SPECIALISTS
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 7×
• Blue v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-05-15· cited 7×
• Wilson v. Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2005-10-14· cited 7×
• Webb v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-05-02· cited 6×
• McNair v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-06-05· cited 5×
• S. W. Heischman, Inc. v. Reliance Insurance
  Albemarle County Circuit Court· 1993-03-01· cited 5×
• Steven Christopher Sevachko v. Commonwealth of VA
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-04-24· cited 3×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hickman v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1947-01-13· cited 4,981×
• United States v. Louis Kovel
  Second Circuit· 1961-12-05· cited 421×
• In Re Groban
  Supreme Court· 1957-02-25· cited 279×
• United States v. Jones
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-12-14· cited 178×
• United States v. (Under Seal)
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-11-16· cited 134×
• United States of America and Howard W. George, Special Agent, Internal Revenue Service v. Donald E. Cote
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-02-29· cited 96×
• Rakes v. Fulcher
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-03-09· cited 79×
• Anonymous Nos. 6 & 7 v. Baker
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 68×
• Seventh District Committee v. Gunter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-10-11· cited 51×
• United States v. (Under Seal), in Re Grand Jury Proceedings John Doe 462
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-03-12· cited 49×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-01-08· cited 31×