Legal Opinion
In Re: Grand Jury
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 9, 2007No. 05-3126PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, a corporate executive and his personal attorney, seek to have quashed a grand jury subpoena issued to the corporation’s corporate counsel for testimony concerning communications made between the corporate counsel, and the client and his personal attorney. In the proceeding below the district court issued an order denying the motion to quash. Because we agree that the communications at issue are not protected by the attorney-client privilege, we affirm the district court’s order. As this case involves…
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