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· 11/15/1989

Elizabeth Hanford DOLE, Secretary of Labor, Petitioner-Appellee, v. John MILONAS, Respondent-Appellant

Citations

  • 889 F.2d 885
  • 1989 WL 136294

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that “the district court may adopt the ‘privilege log’ approach”
  • holding that a privilege log identifying the attorney and client, the nature of the document, all persons to have received or sent the document, and the date the document was prepared was sufficient to evaluate the applicability of the attorney-client privilege
  • finding that any questions the privilege log leaves open may be answered by affidavits from the attorneys responsible for preparing the documents
  • “[T]he general rule is that [the] identity of an attorney’s clients is not a matter within the attorney-client privilege.”

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Judges: Goodwin, Reinhardt, Tashima

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