Melori Shoe Corp. v. Pierce & Stevens, Inc.

FORD, District Judge.

1. Defendant’s first objection is addressed to numerous interrogatories on the ground that the information requested is privileged and that the defendant should not be compelled to disclose trade secrets, manufacturing processes and secret formulae.

Rule 30(b), Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. 28 U.S.C.A., provides for the issuance of orders “that secret processes, developments, or research need not be disclosed”. This protection is not absolute, however. Disclosure of such information may and should be ordered where the issues cannot be fairly adjudicated unless this information is…