Sawyer Spindle Co. of Maine v. Carpenter

How courts have described this case

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

• \Notwithstanding the common description of the doctrine as the 'attorney' work product doctrine . . . it is not in fact necessary that the material be prepared by or at the direction of an attorney\
• ultimately holding that the challenged documents did not qualify for work product protection because they were not prepared in anticipation of litigation
• “The party invoking the privilege also has the burden to show that the privilege has not been waived.” (citation omitted)
• “[T]he materials must result from the conduct of investigative or analytical tasks to aid counsel in preparing for litigation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).