Legal Opinion
Matter of OPM Leasing Services, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 10, 1981No. 18-37019PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE: TRUSTEE’S RIGHT TO ASSERT OR WAIVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
BURTON R. LIFLAND, Bankruptcy Judge.
I
The issue before the court is whether a Chapter 11 reorganization trustee of a corporate debtor succeeds to the corporation’s right to obtain confidential information from the corporation’s former counsel and to assert or waive the attorney-client privilege with respect to that information should a demand by third parties for that information be made.
II
In 1971 O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc., (“O.P.M.”) retained the law firm of Singer, Hutner, Levine & Seeman, P.C. (“Singer Hutner”) as…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. WeintraubSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Hassett v. McColley (In Re O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Kanehl v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
- In Re O. P. M. Leasing Services, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
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