In Re Kennedy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding attorney could not invoke the attorney-client privilege to prevent this Court’s Censor Committee from conducting an audit of the attorney’s financial records for compliance with guidelines on retention of client funds
• employer entitled to credit on future installments of compensation for payments that were already made to claimant under a sickness and accident self-insurance plan
• “The purpose of the privilege is to foster the confidence of a client and to permit him to communicate freely with his attorney, without fear, while seeking legal advice.”
• “It is clear that the privilege was not intended to be used as a shield by an attorney to prevent scrutiny by the court of his records to determine whether or not he is meeting his fiduciary and ethical obligations to his client.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fasciana v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2003-02-27· cited 73×
• In Re Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-01-24· cited 39×
• Matter of Rawson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-06-01· cited 14×
• Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1986-12-15· cited 12×
• In Re Webster
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-06-22· cited 11×
• Township of Lower Merion v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-11· cited 9×
• Attorney v. Attorney Grievance Commission
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-04-10· cited 9×
• Brown v. Community College of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-29· cited 2×
• In re Confidential
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-12-18· cited 1×
• In re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2019-12-04
• In re Straight Path Communications Inc. Consolidated Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-06-15
• United States v. Seefried
  District of Columbia· 2022-10-29
• In re Bryant
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1992-05-01
• In the Matter of a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-11-09
• In re Care One LLC Advancement Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-04-01

Cites

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

• Katz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Paul v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 4,836×
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
• Palko v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1937-12-06· cited 2,059×
• Whalen v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,722×
• United States v. Miller
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-21· cited 1,197×
• In Re Ruffalo
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 994×
• Grosso v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-01-29· cited 947×
• Spevack v. Klein
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-23· cited 776×
• Shapiro v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-10-11· cited 599×
• Bellis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 523×
• United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation
  D. Massachusetts· 1950-03-10· cited 503×
• UNITED STATES of America v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant
  Third Circuit· 1980-10-21· cited 348×
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 213×
• Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. v. Zimmer
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1976-04-09· cited 95×
• Tedder v. Peters
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-15· cited 85×
• United States v. L. Shyrl Brown
  Tenth Circuit· 1979-07-18· cited 64×
• Valente v. Pepsico, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1975-08-25· cited 63×
• St. Michael's Convalescent Hospital v. The State Of California
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-05-01· cited 41×