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Evidence Fall 2022
Resource 6 . 1 . 4
21 minutes

Upjohn Co. v. United States

Prof. Nina Chernoff

1.    (Be sure to read this after the Textbook reading because I cut out all of the facts from the excerpt to avoid duplicating material in your text.)  This case, mentioned in your text, is the seminal Supreme Court case on attorney- client privilege. You should read the case with attention to:

a)      the specific language the court uses to describe the privilege;

b)      the general principles of privileges;

c)      the special rules when an attorney’s client is an entity; and

d)      the privilege’s relationship to the work-product doctrine.

Supreme Court of the United States
449 U.S. 383, 66 L. Ed. 2d 584, 101 S. Ct. 677, 1981 U.S. LEXIS 56, SCDB 1980-024
No. 79-886
1981-01-13

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