Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Windham

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that sixth amendment violated when “confidential information is disclosed to the government” due to “a knowing invasion of the attorney-client relationship” [emphasis added]
• holding that “the inquiry into prejudice must stop” where defense strategy material is actually disclosed to the prosecution or the government intentionally sought such confidential information
• conducting a separate and independent remedy analysis even after presuming prejudice to find a Sixth Amendment violation
• holding prejudice is presumed, as discussed above
• “The purpose of the attorney-client privilege is inextricably linked to the very integrity and accuracy of the fact finding process itself.”
• “Free two-way communication between client and attorney is essential if the professional assistance guaranteed by the sixth amendment is to be meaningful.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).