· 10/6/1982
In Re Grand Jury Proceedings David R. Damore. Appeal of Robert Twist, Sr., Intervenor-Appellant
Citations
- 689 F.2d 1351
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 25034
- 11 Fed. R. Serv. 1529
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a petitioner for a stay pending appeal “must show” the four factors of a likelihood of success on the merits
- holding that a government subpoena asking an attorney to produce documents that would reflect date, place, and time of meetings with the client is not covered by the attorney-client privilege
- explaining that the Eleventh Circuit is bound by the Fifth Circuit’s holding that attorneys are third-parties under Perlman
- noting that privilege will not apply when actions are in furtherance of a crime or “other evil enterprise in concert with the attorney”
- allowing subpoena for “records of dates, places or times of meetings and communications”
- approving subpoena that sought “records of dates, places, or times of meetings and communications [between attorney and client], not the content of. those communications” because the materials sought were not “within the scope of the attorney-client privilege”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Kravitch, Johnson
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