Legal Opinion
In Re Sealed Case
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1982No. 81-1717PublishedCited by 417 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to consider how far the “work product” doctrine shields the files of a corporation’s in-house lawyer from scrutiny by a federal grand jury investigating corporate abuses. Appellant (“Company”) 1 is a multinational, “Fortune 500” cor*798poration whose activities have come under investigation by a grand jury for possible conspiracy to defraud the government and obstruction of justice. The District Court has held Company’s agent in contempt of court for refusing to produce before the grand jury eight items from the files of Company’s former…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Chrysler Corp. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by417 opinions
- United States v. ZolinSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- State v. PostOhio Supreme Court · 1987
- Haines v. Liggett Group Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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