No. 21-1397
Tags: attorney-client-privilege circuit-split civil-procedure communication-protection confidentiality federal-rules-of-evidence legal-advice non-legal-advice professional-communication significant-purpose
Key Terms:
Patent
Patent
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege where obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication.
Docket Entries
2023-02-27
Judgment issued.
2023-01-23
Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1397_ap6b.pdf'>Opinion</a> per curiam.
2023-01-09
Argued. For petitioner: Daniel B. Levin, Los Angeles, Cal. For respondent: Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
2022-12-30
Reply of petitioner In Re Grand Jury filed. (Distributed)
2022-12-16
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
2022-12-12
Motion for leave to file the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
2022-12-07
Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. The record is electronic and contains sealed materials.
2022-12-07
CIRCULATION
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of California Lawyers Association filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of American College of Tax Counsel filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel filed.
2022-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
2022-11-22
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2022-11-22
Brief amicus curiae of Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group filed.
2022-11-21
Brief amicus curiae of Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers in support of neither party filed.
2022-11-17
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
2022-11-16
Motion for leave to file the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner.
2022-11-16
Brief of petitioner In Re Grand Jury filed.
2022-11-16
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
2022-11-10
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, January 9, 2023.
2022-10-27
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, In Re Grand Jury
2022-10-03
Petition GRANTED.
2022-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-12
Reply of petitioner In Re Grand Jury filed.
2022-08-01
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2022-06-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 1, 2022.
2022-06-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 1, 2022 to August 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-01
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2022-06-01
Brief amicus curiae of California Lawyers Association filed.
2022-06-01
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2022-05-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 1, 2022.
2022-05-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-05-02
Motion (21M105) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
2022-04-13
MOTION (21M105) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-01
Motion (21M105) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
2022-04-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2022)
Attorneys
American Bar Association
American College of Tax Counsel
Hashim M. Mooppan — Jones Day, Amicus
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Arden J. Olson — Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Amicus
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
California Lawyers Association
Adria S. Price — Price & Assoc., LLC, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Association of Corporate Counsel, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
John S. Williams — Williams & Connolly, LLP, Amicus
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
In Re Grand Jury
Daniel Benjamin Levin — Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP, Petitioner
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. — Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Petitioner
Lawyers for Civil Justice
Jonathan Michael Redgrave — Redgrave LLP, Amicus
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group
The Buckeye Institute
Mark David Harris — Proskauer Rose LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Washington Legal Foundation