Middleton v. Velsor

How courts have described this case

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

• “Communication between spouses ‘is presumed to have been conducted under the mantle of confidentiality’,” (quoting People v. Fields, 38 A.D.2d 231, 233, 328 N.Y.S.2d 542, 544 (1st Dep’t
• under particular circumstances of case, presumption that communication between spouses was made under ‘‘mantle of confidentiality’’ not rebutted by fact that parties were not living together at time of communication or that marriage had deteriorated
• “Communication between spouses ‘is presumed to have been conducted under the mantle of confidentiality’,” (quoting People v. Fields, 38 A.D.2d 231, 233, 328 N.Y.S.2d 542, 544 (1st Dep’t), aff'd, 31 N.Y.2d 713, 337 N.Y.S.2d 517, 289 N.E.2d 557 (1972))
• ‘‘[n]ot protective of all communications, the privilege attaches only to those statements made in confidence and that are induced by the marital relation and prompted by the affection, confidence and loyalty engendered by such relationship’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).