Lewis v. Swenson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that appellees, including an expert witness, owed a duty to the court, and breach of that duty would not give rise to a cause of action in tort by the adverse party
• applying privilege to preclude claim of negligence arising from opposing counsel’s failure to instruct a witness to limit a testimonial response
• finding the privilege applies in an action against an attorney who failed to 17 prevent a witness from discussing malpractice insurance
• noting “an absolute privilege [for] . . . witnesses to state anything at trial which relates to the matter at issue”
• “The court’s inherent power to manage its affairs necessarily includes authority to impose appropriate sanctions on those appearing before it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Maiden v. Rozwood
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-30· cited 2,570×
• Thompson v. Paul
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-10-27· cited 393×
• Beecy v. Pucciarelli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-09· cited 118×
• OMI Holdings, Inc. v. Howell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1996-06-07· cited 81×
• Garcia v. Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-02-09· cited 70×
• Cooper v. Parker-Hughey
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1995-04-11· cited 45×
• Giles v. Hill Lewis Marce
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1999-03-23· cited 43×
• Linder v. Brown & Herrick
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-01-07· cited 39×
• Bird v. Rothman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-03-19· cited 35×
• Wilmot v. Wilmot
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2002-12-05· cited 29×
• Kahn v. Burman
  E.D. Michigan· 1987-10-23· cited 28×
• Franko v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1988-06-02· cited 27×
• Travelers Insurance v. Breese
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-06-28· cited 25×
• Wetherill v. Basham
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-01-25· cited 22×
• Thompson v. Paul
  D. Arizona· 2009-06-30· cited 12×
• Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson v. Paul
  D. Arizona· 2005-12-05· cited 5×
• Feild v. GRAFFAGNINO
  W.D. Tennessee· 2007-09-11· cited 5×
• OMI Holdings, Inc. v. Howell
  D. Kansas· 1994-09-08· cited 3×
• Safeway Ins. Co., Inc. v. Guerrero
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-01-27· cited 3×
• Garcia v. RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-02-09· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-08· cited 260×
• Powell v. Committee on Admissions & Grievances of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 169×
• Norton v. Hines
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-07-15· cited 88×
• Lyddon v. Shaw
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-01-23· cited 76×
• Berlin v. Nathan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-09-14· cited 74×
• Donald v. Garry
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-08-31· cited 71×
• Weaver v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-06-27· cited 66×
• Fickett v. Superior Court of Pima County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-12-23· cited 63×
• Muehlebach v. Mercer Mortuary and Chapel, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1963-02-07· cited 32×
• School District No. 9 v. First National Bank
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1941-10-15· cited 28×
• Stephens v. Reed
  Third Circuit· 1941-06-30· cited 27×
• Wilson v. Byrd
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1955-10-18· cited 23×
• Northern Arizona Supply Co. v. Stinson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1951-12-17· cited 15×
• Little v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1961-04-20· cited 15×
• George Gilbertson v. City of Fairbanks, a Municipal Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1959-02-18· cited 12×
• Rail N Ranch Corporation v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1968-06-11· cited 12×
• Harrington v. Flanders
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1965-11-22· cited 11×
• Martin v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-07-10· cited 8×
• Home Insurance Co. v. Balfour-Guthrie Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-02-02· cited 7×
• Mountain States Implement Co. v. Sharp
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1971-06-10· cited 1×