Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp. v. United Nuclear Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 2007No. 26,727, 27,671PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} In this case, we review a discovery order requiring a nonparty to produce certain documents for in camera review. This Court granted Appellants’ application for interlocutory appeal to address questions of law regarding attorney-client privilege, the common interest doctrine, and work-produet immunity in the context of corporations’ assertion of a joint defense. We discuss attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine in light of existing New Mexico law. We conclude that the common interest doctrine may protect privileged documents in these circumstances…
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