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· 8/19/1999

In Re Grand Jury Proceedings (Violette)

Citations

  • 183 F.3d 71
  • 52 Fed. R. Serv. 456
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 19716
  • 1999 WL 632205

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • false reports of disability were communicated to financial institutions by psychotherapists to whom communications were made
  • “The case law dealing with the crime-fraud exception in the attorney-client context makes it transparently clear that the client’s intentions control.”
  • \The case law dealing with the crime-fraud exception in the attorney-client context makes it transparently clear that the client's intentions control.\
  • “As a general matter, a party asserting a privilege has the burden of showing that the privilege applies.”
  • patient-psychotherapist privilege does not apply to communications made in furtherance of a crime or fraud
  • \Only when communications are intended directly to advance a particular criminal or fraudulent endeavor will their privileged status be forfeited by operation of [the crime-fraud] exception.\

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Judges: Selya, Boudin, Lipez

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