Legal Opinion
In Re Office of Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board, Attorney General of the United States and the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1991No. 91-1433PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus be GRANTED. The district court is instructed to: (1) vacate its order which permits unlimited discovery by Burlington Northern and directs the government to comply with the railroad’s discovery requests; (2) promptly address and decide the action for enforcement of the Inspector General’s administrative subpoena to Burlington Northern; and (3) pending resolution of the enforcement action, defer and suspend all activity, specifically including discovery, in the consolidated suit by Burlington Northern for declaratory judgment,…
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