Legal Opinion
United States v. Stewart
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 20, 2003No. 03 Cr.717(MGC)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
By letter dated August 21, 2003, the Government requested an early determination of whether an e-mail that Martha Stewart sent to her attorney and then forwarded to her daughter is either attorney-client privileged or protected as attorney work product. After considering the submissions of various parties, I hold that the e-mail is protected work product, and that for the reasons stated below, Stewart did not waive its immunity by forwarding the document to her daughter.
Background
The following facts are drawn from the Indictment, a series of letters and…
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