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· 9/21/1938

Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Hite

Citations

  • 24 F. Supp. 662
  • 1938 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1725

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding waiver of privilege when the client “allowed extensive, detailed questions on that subject”
  • deeming the attorney-client privilege waived with respect to deficient privilege log entries
  • “The record shows that Lawson intentionally produced these 24 1 documents after reviewing them, and then realized it had mistakenly produced them.”
  • “an accidental waiver would occur when a document, which a party intended to maintain as confidential, was disclosed by accident such as a misaddressed communication to someone outside the privilege scope”
  • “Waiver can occur by public revelation.”

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Judges: McColloch

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