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Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. v. General Scanning, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided September 18, 1997No. C-96-4628 SBA (WDB)PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION RE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND WORK-PRODUCT PROTECTION

BRAZIL, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The discovery disputes addressed in this Opinion and Order arise against a background that includes the following pertinent facts.

The defendant, General Scanning, Inc. (hereafter referred to as GSI), has elected to use two kinds of outside counsel in connection with matters that are relevant to this litigation. GSI refers to one of these kinds of lawyers as its “opinion counsel” — who is John (Jack) N. Williams of the law firm of Fish & Richardson…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1987
  2. Thorn Emi North America, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1993
  3. Micron Separations, Inc. v. Pall Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
  4. Steelcase Inc. v. Haworth, Inc.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1997

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. XYZ Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  2. Beneficial Franchise Co. v. Bank One, N.A.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
  3. Dunhall Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Discus Dental, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1998
  4. Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 2001
  5. Simmons, Inc. v. Bombardier, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2004

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