Legal Opinion
Falise v. American Tobacco Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 4, 2000No. Nos. CV-99-7392 (JBW), CV-97-7658 (JBW), CV-98-675 (JBW), CV-98-1492 (JBW), CV-98-3287 (JBW)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*74MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
Defendants have appealed from the magistrate judge’s order of November 17, 1999, compelling disclosure of approximately 37,-000 documents claimed to be subject to the attorney-client privilege. The sole issue is whether they are available for the purpose of discovery. There is no need to decide now whether these materials will be admissible at trial.
These documents have already been ordered released to the public in connection with Minnesota state courts proceedings, although this order has apparently been stayed. See Minnesota v. Philip…
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