Legal Opinion
In Re: General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1998No. 98-2814PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
General Motors Corporation (GM) petitions the court for a writ of mandamus, seeking relief from the district court’s discovery order directing GM to produce six documents that GM claims are privileged. GM also requests that we reassign the case to a different district judge. We deny GM’s petition in part, and remand with instructions.
I. BACKGROUND
This case involves a wrongful death action against GM arising from an accident involving a 1985 Chevrolet Blazer. See Baker v. General Motors Corp., 86 F.3d 811, 814 (8th Cir.1996), rev’d in part, — U.S. -, 118 S.Ct. 657, 139…
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