· 5/17/1982
Forston v. Orange Unified School District
Citations
- 456 U.S. 980
- 102 S. Ct. 2250
- 50 U.S.L.W. 3916
- 72 L. Ed. 2d 856
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2161
How courts have described this case
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- “materials produced by an accountant in anticipation of litigation and under the direction of an attorney are protected by work product immunity”
- Counsel’s retained accountants prepared the documents primarily to enable the re-issuance of the corporation’s financial statements despite pending litigation and SEC investigation
- “The work product doctrine protects material prepared by agents for the attorneys as well as those prepared by the attorney for himself.”
- applying primary motivating purpose test
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