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· 4/7/1909

William A. Force & Co. v. Bates Machine Co.

Citations

  • 169 F. 647
  • 1909 U.S. App. LEXIS 5461

How courts have described this case

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

  • “It is well settled that the dissemination of a communication between a corporation’s lawyer and an employee of that corporation to those employees directly concerned with such matters does not waive the attorney-client privilege.”
  • “[W]hen a party’s conduct reaches a certain point of disclosure fairness requires that the privilege should cease whether the party intended that result or not. A party cannot be allowed, after disclosing as much as he pleases, to withhold the remainder.”

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Judges: Chatfield

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