City of Binghamton v. Koffman

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the attorney‐client privilege “constitutes an obstacle to the truth‐finding process” and, thus, its “invocation should be cautiously observed to ensure that its application is consistent with its purpose”
• explaining that the attorney-client privilege “constitutes an obstacle to the truth-finding process” and, thus, its “invocation should be cautiously observed to ensure that its application is consistent with its purpose”
• noting to the burden and holding an exception to privilege applied where “defendant failed to advance a basis upon which the attorney-client privilege should appropriately be extended to the information sought”
• Appellate Division viewed Gamer standard as more consistent with general New York views concerning attorney-client privilege

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).