(DOWNLOAD) "Ross v. City of Memphis" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ross v. City of Memphis
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 14, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
Regardless of the way this case is captioned, the real dispute is between the City of Memphis (the "City") and its former police director, Walter Crews, who has also been sued in his individual capacity. The City asserts the attorney-client privilege as to the content of conversations between Crews, while he was police director, and various attorneys employed by the City. However, in the present lawsuit, Crews has raised the advice of counsel as the basis of his qualified immunity defense. Thus, we are asked to determine whether Crewss invocation of the advice of counsel impliedly waives the attorney-client privilege held by the City. To answer this question, we must first decide whether a municipality can hold the attorney-client privilege. Holding that a municipality can maintain the privilege and that Crewss litigation choices cannot waive the Citys privilege, we reverse the district court and remand for further proceedings.