Legal Opinion
Pritchard-Keang Nam Corp. v. Jaworski
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1984No. Nos. 84-1444, 84-1445PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is whether the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege applies to a report prepared by the law firm of Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas for International Systems & Controls Corporation. The district court ruled that it did and certified its order under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1982). We conclude that the district court abused its discretion in stripping the report of its privilege, and we reverse.
ISC is a transnational corporation that provided engineering and construction services through numerous subsidiaries. On May 24, 1976, its…
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