State Ex Rel. Lieberman v. Goldman

SIMEONE, Senior Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition brought by relators Alan L. Lieberman and Harold G. Lieberman to prohibit The Honorable Steven Goldman from enforcing his order denying them, as defendants in the underlying action, the privilege of asserting any affirmative defenses or utilizing discovery procedures because relators asserted their privilege against self-incrimination. We have jurisdiction. Mo. Const., Art. V., § 4; Rule 97. We issued our preliminary order on September 27,1989. Our preliminary order is now quashed in part and made permanent in part.

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