Legal Opinion
In Re Sealed Case
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 15, 1984No. 84-5065, 84-5087PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This is an expedited appeal from a district court order instructing an attorney to testify before a grand jury on matters the attorney’s former client regards as privileged. Appellant is a corporation (hereafter, “the Company”) 1 targeted for investigation by the grand jury. The witness whose testimony is at stake formerly served as the Company’s vice president-general counsel, and sole in-house attorney. The Company instructed its former counsel to raise the attorney-client privilege regarding several grand jury inquiries. Former counsel did so and the government…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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