4 Cited authorities

  1. Hickman v. Taylor

    329 U.S. 495 (1947)   Cited 6,467 times   30 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”
  2. Baine v. General Motors Corp.

    141 F.R.D. 328 (M.D. Ala. 1991)   Cited 85 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding that, where there were better, alternative sources of testimony, deposing corporate vice president would be oppressive, inconvenient and burdensome
  3. Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Primary Industries Corp.

    92 Civ. 6313 (PNL) (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 10, 1993)   Cited 16 times
    Finding that "it may be appropriate to preclude a . . . deposition of a highly-placed executive" while allowing other witnesses with the same knowledge to be questioned
  4. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 93,834 times   640 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37