ROSS v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

No. 04-5298.

423 F.3d 596 (2005)

Herlancer ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Defendant-Appellant, Walter Crews and Alfred Gray, Individually, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Louis P. Britt III, Ford & Harrison, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. David M. Sullivan, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Louis P. Britt III, Keith R. Thomas, Ford & Harrison, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. David M. Sullivan, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge; and GADOLA, District Judge.


OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Regardless of the way this case is captioned, the real dispute is between the City of Memphis (the "City") and its former police director, Walter Crews, who has also been sued in his individual capacity. The City asserts the attorney-client privilege as to the content of conversations between Crews, while he was police director, and various attorneys employed by the City. However, in the present lawsuit, Crews has raised the advice...

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