Legal Opinion

In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, Gs and Fs

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 1, 2010No. 10-1549, 10-1550PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Attorney J.P. and his clients, interve-nors G.S. and F. S., appeal from the district court’s1 order compelling J.P. to testify and produce documents for the purpose of grand jury proceedings. The appellants argue that the testimony and documents are not discoverable because they are covered by the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product privilege. Because we conclude that the crime-fraud exception applies to the testimony and documents at issue, we affirm.

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This case involves a grand jury investigation for bankruptcy fraud. In order to observe the…

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