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BP ALASKA EXPLORATION, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. F008887.

199 Cal.App.3d 1240 (1988)

245 Cal. Rptr. 682

BP ALASKA EXPLORATION, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY, Respondent; NAHAMA & WEAGANT ENERGY COMPANY 1984 EXPLORATORY DRILLING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

March 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bright & Brown, James S. Bright, Gregory C. Brown, Joseph A. Drazek, Clifford, Jenkins & Brown and J. Craig Jenkins for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert W. Loewen, Craig H. Millet, John R. Crews, Klein, Wegis & Duggan, Anthony J. Klein and J.L. Rosenlieb for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

FRANSON, P.J. —

INTRODUCTION

Two basic issues are involved in this appeal: (1) whether the crime-fraud exception to the lawyer-client privilege provided in Evidence Code section 956 applies to writings protected by the attorney work product rule and (2) the proper standard for determining whether the party seeking discovery of an otherwise privileged attorney-client communication has made the prima facie showing...

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