Swidler & Berlin v. U.S., No. 97-1192 (U.S. Supreme Court) (524 U.S. 399; 118 S.Ct. 2081) (June 25, 1998) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case, the Office of the Independent Counsel subpoenaed the notes of Vincent Foster's attorney. Independent counsel argued that since Foster had died, the attorney-client privilege should not be enforced. The U.S. Supreme Court, per Chief Justice Rehnquist (6-3), disagreed. Rehnquist found that the great weight of common law, ...
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