Legal Opinion
FARNSWORTH CANNON, INC., Appellant, v. Alton B. GRIMES, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1980No. 79-1260PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The central question presented is whether, in litigation between private parties, the successful assertion of a state secrets privilege by the United States government results not only in the exclusion of the privileged information but also in an alteration in the usual rules by which courts allocate burdens of production and persuasion and according to which they order dismissal or summary judgment. With respect to evidence which might, if available, be disposi-tive of this case, the Department of the Navy has invoked the privilege shielding military and state…
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