Whitehead v. Atlantic Life Ins.

How courts have described this case

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

• cautioning against expansion of the marital privileges exception on any basis other than \case-by-case under federal common law.\
• involving a charge against a husband that he attempted to rape his twelve-year old daughter
• cautioning against expansion of the marital privileges excep- tion on any basis other than “case-by-case.”
• “a serious crime against a child is an offense against that family harmony and to society as well”
• \[A] serious crime against a child is an offense against that family harmony and to society as well. . . . [W]e note the necessity for parental testimony in prosecutions for child abuse.\
• communications unprotected since child abuse allegations involved spouse’s child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).