Epstein Secrets

ch a district court disassociates itself from the case," Mohawk, 558 U.S. at 106, 130 S. Ct. at 604-05 (2009) (alteration omitted) (quoting Swint'. Chambers Cnty. Comm'n, 514 U.S. 35, 42, 115 S. Ct. 1203, 1208 (1995)), and "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing more for the court to do but exe

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that

ch a district court disassociates itself from the case," Mohawk, 558 U.S. at 106, 130 S. Ct. at 604-05 (2009) (alteration omitted) (quoting Swint'. Chambers Cnty. Comm'n, 514 U.S. 35, 42, 115 S. Ct. 1203, 1208 (1995)), and "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing more for the court to do but exe

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that

ch a district court disassociates itself from the case," Mohawk, 558 U.S. at 106, 130 S. Ct. at 604-05 (2009) (alteration omitted) (quoting Swint'. Chambers Cnty. Comm'n, 514 U.S. 35, 42, 115 S. Ct. 1203, 1208 (1995)), and "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing more for the court to do but exe

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that