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IN RE CLEMENTS MFG. LIQUIDATION CO., LLC

Bankruptcy No. 09-65895-TJT. Adversary Nos. 10-6123, 10-7341.

486 B.R. 400 (2012)

In the Matter of CLEMENTS MANUFACTURING LIQUIDATION COMPANY, LLC, fka Kensa, LLC fka Clements Manufacturing of Michigan, LLC dba Clements Manufacturing, LLC, Debtor. Charles L. Wells, III, Chapter 7 Trustee, Plaintiff, v. THB America, LLC, Tianhai Electric North America, and Sakoma, LLC, Defendants. Harold Zaima, an individual, Zaima Family LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, Sakoma, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, and Kensa de Honduras S. de R.L., a Honduran company, Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants, v. China Auto Electronics Group Ltd., a Bermudan corporation; Henan Tianhai Electric Co., Ltd., a Chinese corporation; Hebi Tianhai Huanqju Electric Company, Ltd., a Chinese corporation, Defendants, and Tianhai Electric North America, Inc., A Michigan corporation; THB America, LLC, A Michigan limited liability company, Defendants/ Counter-Plaintiffs and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Clements Manufacturing Liquidation Co., LLC, f/k/a Kensa, LLC, a Michigan limited Liability company, and Charles L. Wells, III, Chapter 7 Trustee, Third Party Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division, Detroit.

August 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonora K. Baughman, Kilpatrick & Associates, Auburn Hills, MI, for Plaintiff and Third Party Defendants.

Doron Yitzchaki, Ann Arbor, MI, Linda M. Watson, Birmingham, MI, Shannon L. Deeby, Clark Hill PLC, Detroit, MI, for Defendants, Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants, and Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs and Third Party Plaintiffs.

OPINION REGARDING THE ACCOUNTANT-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ASSERTED BY DEFENDANTS IN OPPOSING THE CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO COMPEL

THOMAS J. TUCKER, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

This opinion concerns Michigan's accountant-client privilege statute, Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 339.732. The Plaintiff Chapter 7 Trustee seeks discovery of an accountant's work papers relating to a Defendant's 2008 tax returns, and correspondence between the Defendant...

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