Legal Opinion
In Re: Sealed Case
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 19, 1998No. 98-3032PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Directed by a grand jury subpoena to produce notes and other written materials prepared in connection with work for a client, a lawyer claimed that the attorney work-product privilege protected the materials from disclosure. The district court, finding that a “specific claim” had not arisen at the time the lawyer prepared the documents, held the privilege inapplicable. Because the workpro-duct privilege in this case turns not on whether a specific claim existed, but instead on whether, under all the circumstances, the lawyer prepared the materials “in anticipation of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Behalf of Judiciary Committee v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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