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· 6/16/1980

Griffith v. Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency

Citations

  • 447 U.S. 928
  • 100 S. Ct. 3025
  • 65 L. Ed. 2d 1122
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2081

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  • holding that law firm may disclose confidential communications to show lack of scienter in securities fraud under identical rule
  • holding that where the privilege was waived by using privileged information in self-defense, fairness dictates that the waiver should be narrowly construed and only applies to communications on the same topic, not to all attorney-client communications

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