Legal Opinion
In re United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 30, 2009No. 09-M908PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
The United States petitions for a writ of mandamus to direct the Court of Federal Claims (“trial court”) to vacate its orders requiring the United States to produce documents that it asserts are protected by the attorney-client privilege. Jicarilla Apache Nation (“Jicarilla”) opposes. We hold that the United States cannot deny an Indian tribe’s request to discover communications between the United States and its attorneys based on the attorney-client privilege when those communications concern management of an Indian trust and the United States has not claimed that…
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