Legal Opinion
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Merrell Williams
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 15, 1995No. 94-5171PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Brown & Williamson appeals an order of the district court quashing subpoenas duces tecum issued to two Members of the House of Representatives. We affirm.
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This case grows out of another lawsuit brought in Kentucky state court in September 1993 by the Louisville law firm Wyatt, Tarrant & Coombs (Wyatt, Tarrant) against a former paralegal at the firm, Merrell Williams. Williams had worked on confidential litigation-related document production for Wyatt, Tarrant in connection with the firm’s representation of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (B & W) in products liability…
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