Legal Opinion

Hechinger Investment Co. of Delaware, Inc. v. Friedman

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 21, 2003No. Docket No. 03-5001PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pollack, /.) quashing its deposition subpoena of defendant-appellee Dennis Friedman, Esq. (“Friedman”), an attorney who previously served as counsel during merger negotiations to a now-bankrupt corporation of which the non-attorney defendants-appel-lees are former directors. The former directors are being sued by plaintiff-appellant in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for breach of then-fiduciary duties in connection with…

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3Cited by1 opinion

In Re: Subpoena Issued to Dennis Friedman, Esq. Of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Llp, Hechinger Investment Company of Delaware, Inc., Debtor the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Hechinger Investment Company of Delaware, Inc. On Behalf of Hechinger Investment Company of Delaware, Inc. v. Dennis Friedman, Esq., John W. Hechinger, Sr., John W. Hechinger, Jr., W. Clark McLelland Kenneth J. Cort, Ann D. Jordan, Robert S. Parker, S. Ross Hechinger, Melvin A. Wilmore, Alan J. Zakon, Fleet Retail Finance GroupCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003