GTE Products Corp. v. Gee’s Empirical Analysis

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6 district · 4 state decisions

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1. “The plaintiff is correct. It has long been established that the deposition of a corporation may be taken only by an officer, director or managing agent. A party seeking to take the deposition of a corporation has two choices. The first choice is to notice the deposition of the corporation by a particular officer, director, or managing agent pursuant to Rule 30(b)(1), F.R.Civ.P. At such a deposition, the testimony is of the corporation and if the corporation is a party, the testimony may be used at trial by an adverse party for any purpose. Rule 32(a)(2), F.R.Civ.P. The second choice is to notice the deposition of the corporation without specifically naming the person to be deposed but listing in the notice a description “... with reasonable particularity [of] the matters on which examination is requested.” Rule 30(b)(6), F.R.Civ.P. In that event, the corporation is required to “... designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents or other persons who consent to testify on its behalf, and may set forth for each person designated, the matters on which he will testify.” Id. The testimony of the person or persons so designated is the testimony of the corporation and, if the corporation is a party, the testimony may be used at trial by an adverse party for any purpose. Rule 32(a)(2),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stone v. Morton International, Inc.