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Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg Reports On A Case Before The U.S.

Supreme Court today that hinges on whether counseling sessions with a clinical social worker fall under confidentiality guidelines. A policewoman who shot and killed a suspect spent the following six months with a counselor, but the family of the suspect sought to have details of those meetings admitted in court.

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