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· 12/30/1983

In Re Grand Jury Subpoena For: William Lathan Osterhoudt, Luxana Phaksuan. Luxana Phaksuan, Movant-Appellant v. United States

Citations

  • 722 F.2d 591
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 1390
  • 53 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 547
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 14045

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying cases concerning the discovery of client identity to a situation involving the discovery of fee information
  • “Information regarding the fee arrangement ordinarily is not part of the subject matter of the professional consultation and therefore is not privileged communication even though it may evidence wrongdoing by the client.”
  • “generally the identity of an 23 attorney’s clients and the nature of his fee arrangements with his clients are not confidential 24 communications protected by the attorney-client privilege.”
  • amounts and dates of payment of legal fees not privileged

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Judges: Browning, Norris, Per Curiam, Schnacke

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