Legal Opinion
Sneider v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 11, 1980No. 78 C 1361PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OLGA JURCO, United States Magistrate.
Plaintiff and defendant have filed cross-motions to compel discovery. Each is resisting discovery through assertions of the attorney-client and work product privileges. Since this suit concerns the claim of privilege in a corporate and patent context, special emphasis will be placed upon the developing law of privilege in those areas. After a general survey of the law of privilege, the defendant’s privilege claims will be examined and then the plaintiff’s.
A. THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
The attorney client privilege is designed to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Diversified Industries, Inc. v. The Honorable James H. Meredith, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
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