Legal Opinion
In re Reuter
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge Tilzer, J.
By this proceeding the Acting Commissioner of Investigation seeks an order committing a witness, an attorney, to jail for refusing to answer seven questions put to him in a private hearing held by the Acting Commissioner, and punishing the witness for contempt. The witness-attorney refused to answer the questions, claiming that his lips were sealed by the provisions of law governing confidential communications between an attorney and client.
The Acting Commissioner, or Commissioner as he may be referred to, urges that the questions in issue did not concern communications between the attorney…
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