Revier v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that if the mere relevance of privileged communications to the parties' dispute could trigger at- issue waiver, the “[attorney-client] privilege would have little effect”
• finding at issue waiver when a party has asserted a claim that he intends to prove using privileged materials
• “[Defendant] does not suggest any specific grounds to suspect that [plaintiff] entered into the settlement in bad faith, or (assuming grounds for such suspicion existed
• if the mere relevance of privileged communications to the parties' dispute could trigger at-issue waiver, the “[attorney-client] privilege would have little effect”
• if the mere relevance of privileged communications to the parties’ dispute could trigger at-issue waiver, the “[attorney-client] privilege would have little effect”
• “A party suing to enforce an alleged right to indemnification for the costs of defending and settling a prior lawsuit does not thereby, without more, place at issue the party’s privileged communications with counsel concerning the prior lawsuit and settlement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).