Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ramirez-Talavera v. United States
Ramirez-Talavera v. United States, 501 U.S. 1211 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-06-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that a district court may permit the waiver of conflict-free counsel when a conflict has been made known to the client
- Supreme Court Standard 503, though not promulgated, is a restatement of the common law of attorney-client privilege applied in the federal courts before the adoption of the federal rules
- cross-examination of former clients inherently involves a conflict of interest
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 139 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.