Continental Casualty Co. v. Houdry Process Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1979
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gibson v. International Freighting Corp. · Screen Writers' Guild, Inc. v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc.
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“[I]t seems perfectly obvious that if the plaintiff had not first noticed the taking of the depositions of the witnesses here involved, the defendant would have been almost compelled to have done so. The fact is that neither party can prepare or try his case satisfactorily without their testimony. The depositions of these witnesses, or some of them, will no doubt be offered at the trial, probably by the plaintiff, but nevertheless the discovery feature is an important one and will undoubtedly be useful to both parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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