Hillerich & Bradsby Co. v. MacKay

MEMORANDUM ORDER

URBINA, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This matter comes before the court upon the plaintiffs motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum served upon its attorney, Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr., Esq., by the defendants. The discovery dispute centers on whether the defendants had an attorney-client relationship with Mr. Jacobson, who also represented the plaintiff. The defendants’ subpoena duces tecum requested documents relating to a patent application Mr. Jacobson prepared, which listed the defendants as co-inventors. 1

The plaintiff, Hillerich & Bradsby Co. (“H & B”), based its motion to…