United States Fourth Circuit

The district court's order, denying a motion to quash a grand jury subpoena that sought documents and testimony from an attorney, is reversed where the district judge abused his discretion by finding the crime-fraud exception to apply to the privileged information.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/11/2005
• Published 03/11/2005

Judges

• Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and Richard L. WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Herald Price Fahringer, Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, New York, New York, for Appellants.  Winston David Holliday, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:John Dennis Delgado, Columbia, South Carolina;  Erica T. Dubno, Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, New York, New York, for Appellants.   J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.