MANFRED BRECKER v. DELAIRE COUNTRY CLUB, INC.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the need for full disclosure of all facts to maintain the integrity of the judiciary despite having no general constitutional right to discovery
• noting that a “defendant who offers a defense of justification should be permitted to introduce evidence of specific acts of violence . . . if the defendant either observed the acts himself or was informed of the acts before the [incident]” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “A crime victim’s right to refuse a discovery request generally includes the right to refuse to disclose medical records.”
• defendant seeking privileged mental health records must make “requisite constitutional showing” to overcome victim’s right to refuse disclosure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).