· 2/23/1996
United States Ex Rel. Green v. Washington
Citations
- 917 F. Supp. 1238
- 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2668
- 1996 WL 77809
How courts have described this case
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- holding that excessive caseload forcing public defender to choose from among rights of his various clients inevitably creates a conflict of interest
- “When an agency such as [the Office of the State Appellate Defender] is appointed to more cases than it can timely handle, . . . conflicts of interest are necessarily created as a surfeit of clients compete for the scarce resources of available attorney time and attention.”
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Judges: Shadur
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