Nelson v. Boeing Commercial

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “the only context in which courts have recognized a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in civil litigation is in immigration cases”
• recognizing that “the only context in which courts have recognized a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in civil litigation is in immigration cases”
• recognizing that “the only context in which courts have recognized a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in [federal] civil litigation is in immigration cases.”
• explaining that generally, “ineffective assistance of counsel is not a basis for appeal” in civil cases, even those arising under Title VII
• noting that, in a civil case, a party “who loses because his attorney's performance was deficient can file a legal malpractice lawsuit”
• noting that “the only context in which courts have recognized a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in civil litigation is in immigration cases”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).