Jaffee v. Redmond
| Jaffee v. Redmond | |
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| Argued February 26, 1996 Decided June 13, 1996 | |
| Full case name | Carrie Jaffee, Special Administrator for Ricky Allen, Sr., Deceased, Petitioner v. Mary Lu Redmond and the Village of Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| Citations | 518 U.S. 1 (more) 116 S. Ct. 1923; 135 L. Ed. 2d 337; 1996 U.S. LEXIS 3879; 64 U.S.L.W. 4490; 44 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. (Callaghan) 1; 96 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4192; 96 Daily Journal DAR 6783; 9 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 678 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Jury verdict for petitioners reversed by Seventh Circuit. |
| Holding | |
| The Federal Rules of Evidence recognize a psychotherapist-patient evidentiary privilege that extends to licensed social workers. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist (part III) |
| Laws applied | |
| Fed. R. Evid. 501 | |
Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court created a psychotherapist-patient privilege in the Federal Rules of Evidence.