Legal Opinion
In Re St. Johnsbury Trucking Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 9, 1995No. 93 B 43136 (FGC). No. 94 Civ. 7970 (JSM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MARTIN, District Judge:
Bankers Trust Company (Bankers) seeks review of an order of the Bankruptcy Court which strips Bankers of its attorney-client privilege. The Bankruptcy Judge based his ruling on a determination that Bankers had committed a fraud on the court in pursuing a counterclaim which it knew to be without merit. Thus the court found that the crime/ fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege applied and, therefore, ordered Bankers to produce a large volume of documents that would otherwise be subject to a claim of privilege. The issue before the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Riendeau v. Canney (In Re Riendeau)District Court, D. Vermont · 2002
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. v. Bankers Trust Co. (In Re St. Johnsbury Trucking Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · 1995
- Winthrop v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of St. Johnsbury Trucking Co.District Court, D. Vermont · 1995
- In re St. Johnsbury Trucking Co.District Court, D. Vermont · 1995