Privileges, Hearsay, and Other Matters
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Authors
Fenner, G. Michael
Issue Date
1997
Volume
30
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Let me start this update of the past year's activity in the law of Evidence, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, with the topic of privileges. There are two reasons for doing so. First, this is the subject of last year's only rules-of-evidence opinion from the United States Supreme Court. As the opinion of the nation's highest court, it will have an important impact in courtrooms throughout the Eighth Circuit. Second, an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision from this past year, one that I consider most important, has to do with the definition of the privilege applied when one spouse is called to testify against the other...
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30 Creighton L. Rev. 791 (1996-1997)
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Creighton University School of Law