Legal Opinion
Santrade, Ltd. v. General Electric Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided April 15, 1993No. 90-107-CIV-7-DPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McCOTTER, United States Magistrate Judge.
This patent infringement action is before the court on the motion of General Electric Company (GE) for an order compelling plaintiffs, Santrade, Ltd., and Sandvik Special Metals Corporation (referred to here as Sandvik) to produce to GE certain documents withheld from discovery on the basis of attorney-client privilege.
The attorney-client privilege protects the “substance of confidential communications from client to attorney.” Republican Party of North Carolina v. Martin, 136 F.R.D. 421, 426 (E.D.N.C.1991). The privilege also protects legal…
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