Legal Opinion
Iron Workers Local Union No. 17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 3, 1999No. 1:97-CV-1422PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GWIN, District Judge.
On December 28, 1998, Plaintiff Funds moved this Court for an order declaring that defendants had previously waived their claim of privilege with regard to certain documents produced in other actions or before Congress [Doc 452]. In response, defendants claim that no waiver has occurred and that such documents remain privileged. With their opposition, the defendants ask this Court to keep highly probative evidence from the fact-finder when the evidence is already available to all who would merely look.
Because the moving tobacco defendants fail to sustain…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tompkins v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 2000
- Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002
- Falise v. American Tobacco Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- In Re Commercial Financial Services, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 2000
- United States v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2002
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