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IN RE OBERKOETTER

No. 79-1580.

612 F.2d 15 (1980)

In re Robert OBERKOETTER.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Troy, Dorchester, Mass., with whom Troy & Collins, Rosemary Minehan and Michael Reilly, Dorchester, Mass., were on brief for appellant.

Douglas P. Woodlock, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge:

The principal question presented is whether a client may appeal to the court of appeals from a district court's order directing his attorney to testify before the grand jury with respect to a communication allegedly covered by the attorney-client privilege.

October 18, 1979 the District Court issued a subpoena to Robert F. Oberkoetter, counsel to the Executive Council of the Commonwealth...

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