Northrup Grumman Corp. v. Swope

Northrup Grumman Corporation petitions for certiorari review of discovery orders requiring it to produce documents and answer interrogatories in an action brought against it for an equitable bill of discovery. Northrup has complied with much of the discovery requests, but has asserted that further compliance would go beyond the scope of a bill of discovery and would require them to submit data acquired as work product.

We agree that Northrup has submitted information to the plaintiff that meets the scope of a bill of discovery so that the latter may identify potential defendants, theories of…