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Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation v. A.P. Ziegler, Jr. M.S. Bibro and J.R. Norris

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 2017No. Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation v. A.P. Ziegler, Jr. M.S. Bibro and J.R. Norris - 113 C.D. 2016PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

JUDGE SIMPSON

I. Introduction

This appeal of a discovery order is treated as an appealable collateral order to the extent it may require disclosure of legal opinions and advice otherwise privileged under the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. Commonwealth v. Blystone, 632 Pa. 260, 119 A.3d 306 (2015); Red Vision Sys., Inc. v. Nat’l Real Estate Info. Servs., L.P., 108 A.3d 54 (Pa. Super. 2015) (court treated order compelling discovery as to issues relating to attorney-client privilege as collateral, but refused to treat order as to other issues as…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. WeintraubSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,860 Athalie Doris Joy v. Nelson L. North, Nelson L. NorthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
  3. Garner v. WolfinbargerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. In Re Teleglobe Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  5. Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Found. v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  2. Pgh History v. Ziegler, Appeal of: HoffstotSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. Pgh History v. Ziegler, Appeal of: HoffstotSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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