Jaffee v. Redmond, No. 95-266 (U.S. Supreme Court) (518 U.S. 1; 116 S.Ct. 1923) (June 13, 1996) (Justice Stevens)
In this civil case, seeking damages for wrongful death under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the administrator of the decedent's estate sought access to the notes of a clinical social worker who was treating a police officer after the officer had shot the decedent. The district court rejected the police officer's …
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