F.D.I.C. v. OGDEN CORP.

No. 99-1788.

202 F.3d 454 (2000)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, as Successor in Interest to New England Merchants Leasing Corporation, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. OGDEN CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Stoll, with whom M. Frederick Pritzker and Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer were on brief, for appellants.

Thomas C. Bahlo, with whom Ann S. DuRoss, Assistant General Counsel, Robert G. McGillicuddy, Supervisory Counsel, R. Alan Fryer, and Peabody & Arnold LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The district court ordered a law firm, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP ("Dickstein"), not itself a party to the underlying action, to produce documents that the appellants, Ogden Corporation and Ogden Martin Systems of Haverhill, Inc. (collectively, "Ogden"), claim are within the attorney-client privilege. The appellee, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), asserts that the so-called "joint client exception" trumps the...

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