Legal Opinion
In Re Chrysler Motors Corporation Overnight Evaluation Program Litigation. Petition of Chrysler Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1989No. 88-2433PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Chrysler Motors Corp. (Chrysler) has filed a petition for writ of mandamus to direct the District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Missouri to vacate its order requiring co-liaison counsel for the class action plaintiffs to provide a computer tape to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. The government argued that the probation office needs the computer tape to complete its presentence report. Chrysler argues that the computer tape is attorney work product and therefore protected from disclosure. For the reasons discussed below, we agree…
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