56 Cited authorities

United States v. Nixon
418 U.S. 683 (1974) Cited 4,089 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding appeal of District Court's denial of motion to quash subpoena duces tecum was in the Court of Appeals for purposes of § 1254
Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart
467 U.S. 20 (1984) Cited 2,500 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court may prohibit a newspaper that is party to a case from publishing information obtained through the discovery process
Roberts v. United States Jaycees
468 U.S. 609 (1984) Cited 2,005 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that infringement of the right to associate "may be justified by regulations adopted to serve compelling state interests, unrelated to the suppression of ideas, that cannot be achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms"
Kerr v. U.S. Dist. Court
426 U.S. 394 (1976) Cited 2,085 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that "as a means of implementing the rule that the writ will issue only in extraordinary circumstances," the party seeking the writ must "have no other adequate means to attain the relief he desires"
Herbert v. Lando
441 U.S. 153 (1979) Cited 1,587 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the relevancy of deposing a defendant publisher in a defamation case about his conduct and mental state could "hardly be doubted" even if the defendant was unlikely to admit to liable conduct in the deposition
Hickman v. Taylor
329 U.S. 495 (1947) Cited 6,496 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding in the context of the work product privilege that the adversary system requires a party's attorney be permitted to “assemble information, sift what he considers to be the relevant from the irrelevant facts, prepare his legal theories and plan his strategy without undue and needless interference”
N.A.A.C.P. v. Button
371 U.S. 415 (1963) Cited 2,198 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that Virginia failed to "justify the broad prohibitions" imposed through a barratry law, but enjoining the statute only as applied to the politically oriented litigating efforts of the NAACP
Burka v. U.S. Department of Health
87 F.3d 508 (D.C. Cir. 1996) Cited 217 times
Holding that outside firms acted on behalf of a federal agency in creating data tapes when the agency exercised extensive supervision and control over data collection and analysis
Agster v. Maricopa County
422 F.3d 836 (9th Cir. 2005) Cited 158 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that federal courts do not apply state law privileges in federal cases unless the court creates a new privilege as a matter of federal common law
Shoen v. Shoen
5 F.3d 1289 (9th Cir. 1993) Cited 216 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that materials should be afforded protection even if the information contained therein is not confidential
Section 636 - Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment
28 U.S.C. § 636 Cited 500,458 times 39 Legal Analyses
Holding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"
Rule 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 Cited 166,608 times 20 Legal Analyses
Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 95,025 times 653 Legal Analyses
Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 45 - Subpoena
Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 Cited 16,547 times 105 Legal Analyses
Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"
Rule 30 - Depositions by Oral Examination
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 Cited 16,085 times 126 Legal Analyses
Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely
Section 2510 - Definitions
18 U.S.C. § 2510 Cited 4,250 times 78 Legal Analyses
Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"
Rule 501 - Privilege in General
Fed. R. Evid. 501 Cited 4,133 times 21 Legal Analyses
Recognizing that "in a civil case, state law governs privilege regarding a claim or defense for which state law supplies the rule of decision"
Section 1070 - Refusal to disclose source of information
Cal. Evid. Code § 1070 Cited 100 times 2 Legal Analyses
Finding No. 16

Feist v. RCN Corporation et al

56 Cited authorities

Holding appeal of District Court's denial of motion to quash subpoena duces tecum was in the Court of Appeals for purposes of § 1254

Holding that a court may prohibit a newspaper that is party to a case from publishing information obtained through the discovery process

Holding that infringement of the right to associate "may be justified by regulations adopted to serve compelling state interests, unrelated to the suppression of ideas, that cannot be achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms"

Holding that "as a means of implementing the rule that the writ will issue only in extraordinary circumstances," the party seeking the writ must "have no other adequate means to attain the relief he desires"

Holding that the relevancy of deposing a defendant publisher in a defamation case about his conduct and mental state could "hardly be doubted" even if the defendant was unlikely to admit to liable conduct in the deposition

Holding that Virginia failed to "justify the broad prohibitions" imposed through a barratry law, but enjoining the statute only as applied to the politically oriented litigating efforts of the NAACP

Holding that outside firms acted on behalf of a federal agency in creating data tapes when the agency exercised extensive supervision and control over data collection and analysis

Holding that federal courts do not apply state law privileges in federal cases unless the court creates a new privilege as a matter of federal common law

Holding that materials should be afforded protection even if the information contained therein is not confidential

Holding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"

Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"

Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Recognizing that "in a civil case, state law governs privilege regarding a claim or defense for which state law supplies the rule of decision"

Finding No. 16