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· 12/6/1991

United States v. Richard L. White

Citations

  • 950 F.2d 426
  • 34 Fed. R. Serv. 604
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 28568
  • 1991 WL 256183

How courts have described this case

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

  • government obtaining, for use in criminal bankruptcy fraud case, from defendant's bankruptcy attorney documents used in preparing bankruptcy petition was not outrageous conduct
  • “The burden falls on the party seeking to invoke the privilege to establish all the essential elements.”
  • \[I]nformation imparted to counsel without any expectation of confidentiality is not privileged.\ (citing In re Feldberg, 862 F.2d 622, 628 (7th Cir. 1988)
  • “When information is disclosed for the purpose of assembly into a bankruptcy petition and supporting schedules, there is no intent for the information to be held in confidence ... ”
  • “[I]nformation imparted to counsel without any expectation of confidentiality is not privileged.” (citation omitted)
  • “When information is disclosed for the purpose of assembly into a bankruptcy petition and supporting schedules, there is no intent for the information to be held in confidence because the information is to be disclosed on documents publicly filed with the bankruptcy court”

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Judges: Cummings, Cudahy, Kanne

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