7 Cited authorities

In re Terra Intern., Inc.
134 F.3d 302 (5th Cir. 1998) Cited 543 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that, because "[w]e will grant a writ of mandamus only when the petitioner demonstrates that its right to the writ is clear and indisputable," there was no need to "intimate . . . view as to the merits of Terra's claims of privilege and other limitations on discovery"
United States v. Garrett
571 F.2d 1323 (5th Cir. 1978) Cited 522 times
Holding that to defeat a summons, a person must show actual possession of the information by the IRS.
Shingara v. Skiles
420 F.3d 301 (3d Cir. 2005) Cited 88 times
Holding that "there is good cause [for a protective order under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26] when a party shows that disclosure will result in a clearly defined, specific and serious injury but that broad allegations of harm are not sufficient to establish good cause"
Beliz v. W.H. McLeod Sons Packing Co.
765 F.2d 1317 (5th Cir. 1985) Cited 119 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that where the employer failed to keep records of work performed, workers' “admittedly inexact or approximate evidence” was sufficient to meet their burden of showing that they performed work not properly compensated for a prima facie case; if the employee makes a credible showing, the burden then shifts to the employer to come forward with evidence to negate the reasonableness of the inference and “the employer cannot be heard to complain that the damages lack the exactness and precision of measurement that would be possible had he kept records in accordance with the requirements of” the Act
Enron Corp. Savings Plan v. Hewitt Associates, L.L.C.
258 F.R.D. 149 (S.D. Tex. 2009) Cited 48 times
Finding that boilerplate objections fail "to meet the specificity requirements" of Rule 34 or Rule 26
First Am. Corelogic v. Fiserv, Inc.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:10-CV-132-TJW (E.D. Tex. Dec. 2, 2010) Cited 8 times
Finding waiver of attorney-client privilege when party attached privileged communications to motion for protective order and served the documents on the defendants
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal Analyses
Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Halton-Hurt et al v. The TJX Companies, Inc.

7 Cited authorities

In re Terra Intern., Inc.

Holding that, because "[w]e will grant a writ of mandamus only when the petitioner demonstrates that its right to the writ is clear and indisputable," there was no need to "intimate . . . view as to the merits of Terra's claims of privilege and other limitations on discovery"

United States v. Garrett

Holding that to defeat a summons, a person must show actual possession of the information by the IRS.

Shingara v. Skiles

Holding that "there is good cause [for a protective order under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26] when a party shows that disclosure will result in a clearly defined, specific and serious injury but that broad allegations of harm are not sufficient to establish good cause"

Beliz v. W.H. McLeod Sons Packing Co.

Enron Corp. Savings Plan v. Hewitt Associates, L.L.C.

Finding that boilerplate objections fail "to meet the specificity requirements" of Rule 34 or Rule 26

First Am. Corelogic v. Fiserv, Inc.

Finding waiver of attorney-client privilege when party attached privileged communications to motion for protective order and served the documents on the defendants

Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system