Legal Opinion
Greater Newburyport Clamshell Alliance v. Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Appeal of Jan Schlichtmann
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 29, 1988No. 87-1037PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Schlichtmann appeals from an order of the district court holding him in contempt for refusing to answer defendants-appel-lees’ discovery requests. The court had ruled that Schlichtmann, plaintiffs’ counsel in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, could not invoke the attorney-client privilege in response to appellees’ service of a notice of deposition upon written questions. This case presents the issue of the extent to which a client, by instituting a civil action, waives his attorney-client privilege over confidential communications relevant to the subject matter involved in…
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