Adams v. City of Montgomery

OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

In this employment-discrimination case, an eleventh-hour discovery revelation forced the continuation of the trial and precipitated a protracted dispute between the parties. Three days before the scheduled trial date, defendant City of Montgomery disclosed over 100 pages of documents to plaintiff Willie Adams. Some of these documents relate to the city’s internal-affairs investigation into Adams’s race-discrimination claim, a point that has been hotly contested by the parties. Additionally, the city has asserted the attorney-client privilege…