Topic: in the attorney-client relationship, clients are generally … · Go Syfert
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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Horwitz v. Holabird & Root.

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1 Horwitz v. Holabird & Root Anchor
ill · 2004
green “in the attorney-client relationship, clients are generally bound by their attorneys' acts or omissions during the course of the legal representation that fall within the apparent scope of their attorneys' authority.” 5
2 Skarbrevik v. Cohen, England & Whitfield
calctapp · 1991
green “orporate counsel's direct duty is to the client corporation, not to the shareholders individually, even though the legal advice rendered to the corporation may affect the shareholders.” 4
3 Hamm v. Arrowcreek Homeowners' Ass'n
nev · 2008
green “parties must submit such an action to mediation or arbitration pursuant to nrs 38.310 before seeking relief in the district court” 4
4 NC-DSH, INC. v. Garner
nev · 2009
green “a client who hires a lawyer establishes an agency relationship” 4
5 Allstate Insurance v. Fackett
nev · 2009
green “we read statutes within a statutory scheme harmoniously with one another to avoid an unreasonable or absurd result.” 4
6 Cantey Hanger, Llp v. Philip Gregory Byrd, Lucy Leasing Co., L.L.C., and Pgb Air, Inc.
tex · 2015
green “as a general rule, attorneys are immune from civil liability to non-clients for actions taken in connection with representing a client in litigation” 4

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