Soto v. City of Concord

Holding that a relevant matter is "any matter that bears on, or that reasonably could lead to other matters that could bear on, any issue that is or may be in the case."

Warrick v. Superior Court

Narrowing defendant's "exhaustive list" of requests

Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana

Holding that the district court had the authority to correct a prior judgment under Rule 60 since there was no reason in the record to doubt the district judge's statements of his prior intent

Kelly v. City of San Jose

Holding "[s]ince police departments are under an affirmative duty, in the normal course of serving their public function," to generate documents such as internal investigation reports, "the policies that inspire the work product doctrine are wholly inapplicable."

Kerr v. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Holding that "the exceptions to the disclosure in the Act [FOIA] were not intended to create evidentiary privileges for civil discovery"

U.S. v. Henthorn

Holding that “the district court erred in denying plaintiff's discovery request for impeachment material contained in the testifying officers' personnel files” and remanding for in camera review of those files

Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana

Frankenhauser v. Rizzo

Developing the factors

United States v. Cadet

Holding a district court abused its discretion by granting discovery due to defendants "wholly conclusory showing and the great breadth of the discovery request"

Lybarger v. City of Los Angeles

Holding that a police officer who had asserted his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination could still be suspended for refusing to cooperate in a departmental investigation into possible criminal misconduct