Legal Opinion
SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 9, 1976No. Civ. No. 15807PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
PRE-TRIAL RULING NO. 17
Plaintiff SCM has moved pursuant to Rule 37, Fed.R.Civ.P., for an order compelling responses to numerous interrogatories, deposition questions, and document requests; defendant Xerox claims the attorney-client privilege. The assertion of privilege arises in several different contexts.
Xerox-Rank Organisation Negotiations
The first context concerns negotiations between Xerox and its joint venturer, The Rank Organisation [Rank], in 1968-69. SCM seeks to require Xerox personnel to disclose what they discussed during those negotiations. At that time…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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