· 1/25/1982
Greathouse v. United States
Citations
- 455 U.S. 926
- 102 S. Ct. 1289
- 71 L. Ed. 2d 469
- 50 U.S.L.W. 3591
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 748
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding no waiver of work product privilege as to three-volume report where one volume inadvertently left among documents to be inspected by opposing counsel but other two volumes removed as part of pre inspection screening for privileged materials
- even if inadvertent disclosure of one group of documents constituted waiver with respect to those documents, no basis for subject matter waiver
- litigants cannot use work product doctrine to shield relevant facts from discovery
- examining precautions taken to avoid inadvertent disclosure
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