Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena (Psychological Treatment Records)
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 4, 1989No. Misc. 88-75PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GERRY, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case involves a motion to quash a subpoena issued to the corporation under which a licensed psychologist operates his practice. The subpoena seeks appointment books, billing records, and notes of treatment relating to one of the psychologist's "patients. The subpoena is objected to insofar as it requests the production of notes of treatment which may contain confidential communications made by the patient during psychotherapy. Such communications, the movant asserts on behalf of its patient, are shielded by the psychotherapist-patient privilege.
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2Cases cited43 opinions
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- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Whalen v. RoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- In re August, 1993 Regular Grand JuryDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1993
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