Wesley v. Rye

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 13, 1986

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1986-06-13

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 1993

10 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Id. Citing Newsom, the Louisiana Supreme Court ordered a trial court to amend its protective order so as to delete reporters' identities, but”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Eli Lilly and Co. v. Marshall

“[reserv[ed] to plaintiffs the right to apply for disclosure in a particular case upon showing of relevance.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Eli Lilly and Co. v. Marshall

Relies on Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Newsom v. BREON LABORATORIES INC.

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Decided 1986-06-13

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¶1IN RE: Sterling Drug Co. Inc.; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Prohibition and Mandamus; Parish of Orleans Civil District Court Div. “C” Number 79-13405, 82-1954; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number C-4921.

PER CURIAM.

¶2Granted. The trial court is ordered to amend its protective order so as to delete the names of the physicians on the Drug Experience Reports, reserving to plaintiffs the right to apply for disclosure in a particular case upon showing of relevance. See Newsom v. Breon Laboratories, Inc., 709 S.W.2d 559 (Tenn.1986). The trial court is further ordered to issue an umbrella protective order regulating disclosure of trade secrets. See Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 785 F.2d 1108 (3rd Cir.1986).