A. L. GARNER et al., Appellants,
v.
Rick WOLFINBARGER et al., Appellees. Ex parte A. L. GARNER et al., Petitioners,
v.
Hon. H. H. GROOMS, U. S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Rick Wolfinbarger, et al., Respondents.
FIRST AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellants,
v.
A. L. GARNER et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 31, 1970.
Rehearing Denied September 29, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. Vernon Patrick, Jr., Howard P. Walthall, and Marvin Cherner, Birmingham, Ala., for appellants-petitioners, A. L. Garner and others; Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Vann & Patrick, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel.
Robert S. Vance, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant, First American Life Ins. Co.; Jenkins, Cole, Callaway & Vance, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel.
Wm. T. Gossett, Detroit, Mich., William Bew White, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., John C. Bartlett, Orvel Sebring, Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, Pa., amicus curiae.
Charles H. Erwin, Mobile, Ala., for appellees Hiram D. Snowden, B. J. Withrow, Rick Wolfinbarger, Merritt Marine, Oscar B. Liddell and Ollie Howell.
Ronald P. Slepian, Mobile, Ala., for appellees Dr. George Mitchell, Daniel P. Matthews, Bruce W. Skinner and Charles A. Scheuerman; McDermott & Slepian, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.
C. A. L. Johnstone, Jr., J. Jeptha Hill, William H. Hardie, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellee Leon V. McVay, Jr.; Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard & Hill, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.
Bert S. Nettles, Mobile, Ala., for appellee William R. Marshall; Johnston, Johnston & Nettles, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.
Champ Lyons, Jr., Herman H. Hamilton, Jr., L. Lister Hill, Montgomery, Ala., for appellees Guy H. Aderholt, William M. Birchfield, Carey P. Buffington, C. T. Fitzpatrick, Dr. David C. Mussleman, Dr. Francis E. Nicholas, John N. Prim, Roy J. Reed, Jr., Ray Wyatt, A. J. Brown, Gale S. Fly; Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, Montgomery, Ala., of counsel.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and CABOT, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the important question of the availability to a corporation of the privilege against disclosure of communications between it and its attorney, when access to the communications is sought by stockholders of the corporation in litigation brought by them against the corporation charging the corporation and its officers with acts injurious to their interests as stockholders. Also we are asked to review the correctness of an order...
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