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· 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

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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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