Lott v. Seaboard Systems Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · Upjohn Company v. United States · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · White v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad · 205 F. Supp. 830 - CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Most-quoted passages
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“Trial Preparation: Materials. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b)(4) of this rule, a party may obtain discovery of documents and tangible things otherwise discoverable under subdivision (b)(1) of this rule and prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial by or for another party or by or for that other party’s representative (including his attorney, consultant, surety, indemnitor, insurer, or agent) only upon a showing that the party seeking discovery has substantial need of the materials in the preparation of his case and that he is unable without undue hardship to obtain the substantial equivalent of the materials by other means. In ordering discovery of such materials when the required showing has been made, the court shall protect against disclosure of the mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a party concerning the litigation____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shipes v. BIC Corp.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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