Decker v. Harper Row Publishers, Inc
| Decision Date | 12 January 1971 |
| Docket Number | No. 113,113 |
| Parties | Bernard M. DECKER, United States District Judge, et al. v. HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, INC., et al |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.
H. Templeton Brown, Chicago, Ill., for respondents.
On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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Privileges
...after a showing that the statements demanded were inconsistent with the testimony given by the witnesses at their depositions), aff’d , 400 U.S. 348 (1971); Rutgar v. Haynes, 185 F.R.D. 596, 601 (S.D. Cal. 1999) (in a malpractice action brought by a client against his former lawyer, the law......
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The Legal Advice Requirement of the Attorney-client Privilege: a Special Problem for In-house Counsel and Outside Attorneys Representing Corporations - Grace M. Giesel
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