Hickman v. Taylor, No. 47 (U.S. Supreme Court) (329 U.S. 495; 67 S.Ct. 385) (January 13, 2047) (Justice Murphy)
Here the Court held that a communication between an attorney and a third party does not become shielded by the attorney-client privilege solely because the communication proves important to the attorney's ability to represent the client.
This was the first Supreme Court case to recognize the attorney-client work product doctrine; ...
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