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STATE EX REL. v. HOUS. FIN. AGENCY

No. 2004-0105.

105 Ohio St.3d 261 (2005)

2005-Ohio-1508

THE STATE EX REL. LESLIE, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. OHIO HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Leslie, pro se.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, and Sharon A. Jennings, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants and cross-appellees.

O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} In this case, we must decide whether the attorney-client privilege applies to state agencies and their in-house counsel when that counsel is not an Assistant Attorney General. After examining the scope and purpose of the attorney-client privilege, we conclude that the privilege applies to government clients and that notwithstanding various statutes cited in opposition, the privilege exists between a state agency and its in-house...

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