Legal Opinion
KL Group v. Case, Kay & Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1987No. 86-2021PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
I
OVERVIEW
KL Group (“KL”), a California partnership, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees, and the district court’s protective order barring KL’s use of a letter, for which the attorney-client privilege was claimed and which was inadvertently turned over to KL during discovery. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm the grant of the protective order, but because genuine issues of material fact exist, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the case to the district court.
II
FACTS
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