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1995-12-08 - Re: Is there a lawyer in the house?

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From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-08 01:48:04 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 17:48:04 PST

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From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 17:48:04 PST
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Is there a lawyer in the house?
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If Alice gives Bob her key and Bob is not a person with whom Alice has a 
special relationship of trust (e.g. her lawyer), then Alice has no legal 
grounds to complain if Bob *voluntarily* gives Carol, a Cop, Alice's 
key.

If Alice gives Bob her key and Bob is not a person with whom Alice has a 
special relationship of trust (e.g. her lawyer), then Alice has no legal 
grounds to complain if Carol, a Cop, serves Bob with a valid warrant to 
seize Alice's key and in fact does so.  

Furthermore, there are circumstances in some states where even if there 
is a special relationship of trust Bob either may at his discretion or in 
some rarer cases may be forced to divulge the key.  E.g. to prevent a 
crime that is about to be committed likely to involve loss of life.

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