Legal Opinion
United States Department of Energy v. Brimmer
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
Decided October 2, 1985No. 10-60PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacBRIDE, Judge:
The petitioners, the United States Department of Energy and the Secretary of Energy (collectively, “DOE”), seek a writ of mandamus directing the respondent district court judge to vacate a discovery order entered in litigation between DOE and the respondent Inexco Oil Company (“Inexco”), which required DOE to produce 63 internal government documents DOE claimed to be privileged. On February 4, 1985, we granted a stay of that order pending disposition of the petition. We now conclude that the requested documents are irrelevant to any issue properly before the district court,…
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