Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Keenan v. California
Keenan v. Cal., 490 U.S. 1012 (1989)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1989-04-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- waiver extends “to all other communications relating to the same subject matter”
- information voluntarily disclosed constitutes an implied waiver of attorney work product protections
- “if a client communicates information to his attorney with the understanding that the information will be revealed to others, that information as well as ‘the details underlying the data which was to be published’ will not enjoy the privilege”
Citator
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Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.