Legal Opinion
Curran v. Pasek
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1994No. 93-267PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, Justice.
The certified questions before this court require us to test the application of the confidential marital communication privilege which prevents one spouse from testifying against the other. A doctor committed suicide and marijuana was found on his body. During the investigation of the suicide, a deputy sheriff questioned the doctor’s widow and she indicated that her late husband was a frequent user of marijuana.
Appellant filed a malpractice action in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming against the doctor’s estate and subpoenaed the doctor’s wife for a…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- United States v. Clarence Samuel Robinson (84-5140), Charles T. Cornett (84-5141), James Harold Coldiron (84-5158)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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