Legal Opinion
In Re Royce Homes, LP
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 11, 2011No. 19-30016PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING TRUSTEE’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS CLAIMED AS PRIVILEGED BY JOHN SPEER [Docket No. 306]
JEFF BOHM, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
This Memorandum Opinion concerns the attorney-client privilege — the first common law privilege to protect confidential communications between clients and their attorneys. At stake is the disclosure of thousands of e-mails exchanged between a key decision-maker of a once successful residential home building entity and his attorneys.
On January 28, 2011, this Court made Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law orally on the…
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