United States Fifth Circuit
IN RE AVANTEL, S.A., 03-50474
The district court must consider which of 29 documents ordered produced are protected by the "subject matter" test of the attorney-client privilege, as set forth in Rule 503, Tex. R. Evid.; decision not to apply the Mexican professional secret doctrine was not erroneous.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/12/2003
- Published 08/12/2003
Judges
- BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James E. Tancula,Terry Dean Kernell, Timothy J. Tyler, Jennifer L. Mott, Gabriela Rivero Brown, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Houston, TX, Robert Lawrence Bronston, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- David Erwin Dunham, Karen Crook Burgess, Taylor & Dunham, Austin, TX, for Respondent.