Carrie Jaffee, Special Administrator for Ricky Allen, Sr., Deceased v. Mary Lu Redmond et al.
Decided June 13, 1996. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 95-266 · 518 U.S. 1 (1996) · Cited 915 times
Holding
The conversations between Redmond and her therapist and the notes taken during their counseling sessions are protected from compelled disclosure under Rule 501.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 2
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Trammel v. United States · 445 U.S. 40 (1980)
- United States v. Gillock · 445 U.S. 360 (1980)
- United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
- Upjohn Co. v. United States · 449 U.S. 383 (1981)
- Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371 (1933)
- Wolfle v. United States · 291 U.S. 7 (1934)
- Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
- University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 493 U.S. 182 (1990)
- Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
- Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
- United States v. Zolin · 491 U.S. 554 (1989)
- United States v. Bryan · 339 U.S. 323 (1950)
- Hawkins v. United States · 358 U.S. 74 (1958)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Swidler & Berlin v. United States · 524 U.S. 399 (1998)
- United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation · 564 U.S. 162 (2011)
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