American State Bank v. Creekmore

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that attorney-client privilege exception to open meeting law applied when affidavit showed that closed meetings were necessary to protect litigation strategy and discuss settlement proposals in case pending in United States District Court
• explaining that the court adopted the code of professional responsibility pursuant to its authority to regulate the practice of law
• explaining that the court adopted the code of professional responsibility pursuant to its authority to regulate the practice of law
• holding attorney-client privilege existed so that not all discussions by attorney with governmental board had to be open to public, but that it should be invoked cautiously in situations other than threatened or pending litigation
• emphasizing the exception should be construed narrowly and not \be applied as a barrier against public access to public affairs\
• approving executive session to discuss with legal counsel litigation challenging city agency's environmental impact statement

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