Legal Opinion
Garner v. Wolfinbarger
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1970No. Nos. 26168, 26266PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the important question of the availability to a corporation of the privilege against disclosure of communications between it and its attorney, when access to the communications is sought by stockholders of the corporation in litigation brought by them against the corporation charging the corporation and its officers with acts injurious to their interests as stockholders. Also we are asked to review the correctness of an order of the District Court transferring the case to another district.
The District Court in an order reported at 280 F.Supp. 1018…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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