Hercules Inc. v. Exxon Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• “If the primary purpose of a communication is to solicit or render advice on non-legal matters, the communication is not within the scope of the attorney-client privilege.”
• first finding that defendant did not demonstrate substantial need or undue hardship to vitiate the immunity, then considering whether defendant showed a prima facie case of fraud to invoke the crime-fraud exception to vitiate the privilege
• plaintiff required to respond “to the best of its ability”
• an incidental request for business advice “does not vitiate the attorney-client privilege.”
• attorney merely a conduit for such information to PTO
• plaintiff who sued on Sea Waybill bound by its terms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-06· cited 387×
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. Appeal of Fmc Corporation, Douglas E. Kliever and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
  Third Circuit· 1979-07-18· cited 271×
• In Re Grand Jury Investigation. Appeal of United States of America
  Third Circuit· 1979-06-01· cited 261×
• National Tank Co. v. Brotherton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-04-07· cited 139×
• American Standard Inc. v. Pfizer Inc. And Howmedica, Inc., and Biomet, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-08-31· cited 131×
• Tackett v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-02-10· cited 115×
• Nestle Foods Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1990-11-13· cited 99×
• Hodges v. Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-05-23· cited 97×
• James Julian, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
  D. Delaware· 1982-01-20· cited 93×
• Roesberg v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-01-24· cited 89×
• Zirn v. VLI Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-03-08· cited 78×
• United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  District of Columbia· 1979-04-18· cited 74×
• Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. Caton
  D. Kansas· 1991-05-22· cited 74×
• Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. v. Kaplan
  N.D. Illinois· 1980-09-17· cited 69×
• In re Sunrise Securities Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1989-05-31· cited 63×
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Dec. 18, 1981, Etc.
  E.D. New York· 1982-08-20· cited 61×
• Leonen v. Johns-Manville
  D. New Jersey· 1990-07-18· cited 60×
• In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation
  E.D. Louisiana· 2007-09-04· cited 59×
• Andritz Sprout-Bauer, Inc. v. Beazer East, Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-07-28· cited 59×
• Detection Systems, Inc. v. Pittway Corp.
  W.D. New York· 1982-11-08· cited 58×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hickman v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1947-01-13· cited 4,981×
• Clark v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-03-13· cited 738×
• United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation
  D. Massachusetts· 1950-03-10· cited 503×
• Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-27· cited 362×
• Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1974-12-19· cited 231×
• Republic Gear Company v. Borg-Warner Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1967-06-30· cited 170×
• Radiant Burners, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. American Gas Association, Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1963-06-28· cited 158×
• Burlington Industries v. Exxon Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1974-10-21· cited 127×
• Natta v. Hogan
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-03-21· cited 126×
• The Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-07-13· cited 117×
• City of Philadelphia v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1962-10-19· cited 94×
• The Duplan Corporation v. Moulinage Et Retorderie De Chavanoz, Deering Milliken, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-10-23· cited 88×
• Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1969-05-12· cited 70×
• Xerox Corp. v. International Business Machines Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1974-07-23· cited 70×
• International Paper Co. v. Fibreboard Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1974-04-30· cited 63×
• Underwater Storage, Inc. v. United States Rubber Co.
  District of Columbia· 1970-03-17· cited 62×
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Radio Corp. of America
  D. Delaware· 1954-05-20· cited 62×
• Giulio Natta, Piero Pino and Georgio Mazzanti, Ex Rel. Interference 89,634 v. Alex Zletz and Standard Oil Company of Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 1969-11-19· cited 50×
• Jack Winter, Inc. v. Koratron Co.
  N.D. California· 1971-11-22· cited 50×
• Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. v. United States Plywood Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1956-02-16· cited 44×

Other cases named Hercules Inc. v. Exxon Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hercules Inc. v. Exxon Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1980-07-29· cited 11×