Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 501 — Privilege in General
Fed. R. Evid. 501
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Fed. R. Evid. 501.
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The common law—as interpreted by United States courts in the
light of reason and experience—governs a claim of privilege unless
any of the following provides otherwise:
• the United States Constitution;
• a federal statute; or
• rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
But in a civil case, state law governs privilege regarding a claim
or defense for which state law supplies the rule of decision.
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Advisory Committee Notes
(As amended Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)