United States v. Mett

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing this obligation extends to the government acting “in the beneficiaries’ stead”
• rejecting argument that the fiduciary exception applies \whenever otherwise privileged legal advice 'relates to' fiduciary matters\
• rejecting argument that pension funds not willfully misused when utilized for good of company so that employees may keep their jobs
• protecting documents from disclosure which “were plainly ‘defensive on the trustees’ part’ and aimed at advising the trustees ‘how far they were in peril.’”
• describing law firm as “w[earing] many hats, serving at various times as counsel to [trustees] personally and in their capacities as ERISA plan trustees”
• applying fiduciary exception and its rationale to trustee of a pension benefit plan

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Cited by

69 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-13· cited 259×
• United States v. Freeman
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-08-20· cited 143×
• United States v. Ted Stevenson Angwin and Christine Khamis
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-11-21· cited 131×
• United States v. Hermanek
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-15· cited 131×
• Mark Stephan v. Unum Life Insurance Company Of
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-09-12· cited 86×
• United States v. Jared C. Beckman
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-26· cited 79×
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-01-13· cited 77×
• Wachtel v. Health Net, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2007-04-02· cited 74×
• In Re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-03-14· cited 60×
• United States v. Robert J. McCarthy
  Second Circuit· 2001-11-16· cited 47×
• Solis v. Food Employers Labor Relations Ass'n
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-05-04· cited 45×
• St. Simons Waterfront, LLC v. Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-11· cited 29×
• United States v. Marvin L. Wiseman, United States of America v. William D. Mett
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-12-19· cited 25×
• Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2009-07-21· cited 24×
• In re United States
  Federal Circuit· 2009-12-30· cited 20×
• MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Berkman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-03-23· cited 19×
• Clark v. Unum Life Insurance of America
  D. Maryland· 2011-09-27· cited 18×
• Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-11-25· cited 18×
• Lewis v. UNUM Corp. Severance Plan
  D. Kansas· 2001-04-04· cited 17×
• Smith v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-08-02· cited 17×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Upjohn Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-13· cited 3,227×
• Huie v. DeShazo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-06-28· cited 455×
• Kenneth E. Wildbur, Sr. v. Arco Chemical Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-07· cited 300×
• Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. v. Zimmer
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1976-04-09· cited 95×
• Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35 v. Washington Star Co.
  District of Columbia· 1982-07-16· cited 69×
• United States v. Robert Andreen
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-09-26· cited 59×
• United States v. Sten Thordarson, Martin Fry, Craig Dunbar, Martin Salgado, and Charles Wise
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-05-20· cited 54×
• UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James M. TODD, Defendant-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-03-31· cited 43×
• United States v. Fred J. Evans
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-31· cited 41×
• United States v. Barbara Nolan and Nhg Pension Associates, Inc., August Mezzetta Gb Resources, Inc. And Gotham Associates, Ltd. Partnership
  Second Circuit· 1998-02-02· cited 28×
• In Re Long Island Lighting Company
  Second Circuit· 1997-11-12· cited 24×

Other cases named United States v. Mett

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• United States v. Mett
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-19· cited 50×