Legal Opinion
Mary Wilcox v. County of Maricopa
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2014No. 12-16418PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to decide whether federal or state privilege law governs the admissibility of evidence of an alleged settlement reached during mediation of federal and state law claims. We conclude that federal privilege law governs, but that the County waived any available privilege; therefore, we affirm the district court’s enforcement of the settlement agreement reached in mediation.
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Plaintiffs Mary Rose Wilcox, a Maricopa County Supervisor, and Earl Wilcox, her husband, filed suit against Maricopa County (the “County”) and certain present and former County…
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