Legal Opinion
Mount Sinai School of Medicine v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 23, 1989No. 669, Docket 88-7879PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the issue of whether an order directing a witness to produce evidence sought for use in a civil trial is appealable in advance of an adjudication of contempt where the order seeks only documents and the order has been issued by a court other than the court in which the underlying action is pending. The issue arises on an appeal by Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the American Cancer Society from two orders of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin T. Duffy, Judge) enforcing third-party subpoenas against the…
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