Legal Opinion
McCafferty's, Inc. v. Bank of Glen Burnie
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 11, 1998No. Civil Action No. MJG-96-3656PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GRIMM, United States Magistrate Judge.
Defendant moves to compel the return of a document it discarded containing attorney-client communications. It argues that the document is privileged and that a third party’s retrieval of the document from a trash receptacle located on its property does not vitiate the privilege. I agree, and for the following reasons will require that the document be returned. A hearing is unnecessary. Local Rule 105.6 (D.Md.1997).
*165BACKGROUND
In the last six months, First Mariner Bank (“Mariner”) has been involved in a high stakes, highly publicized…
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