Sham Marriage and Privilege

4 Pages Posted: 14 Aug 2019

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Stephen A. Saltzburg

George Washington University School of Law

Date Written: 2019

Abstract

United States v. Fomichev, 899 F.3d 766 (9th Cir. 2018), discusses the effect that a sham marriage has on marital privileges. The court draws a line between the spousal immunity (or spousal witness) privilege and the marital communications privilege.

Suggested Citation

Saltzburg, Stephen A., Sham Marriage and Privilege (2019). GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2019-48, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-48, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3434745 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3434745

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