Legal Opinion
Don King Productions, Inc. v. Douglas
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 18, 1990No. 90 Civ. 1203 (RWS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Sportswriter Sam Donnellon (“Donnellon”) and his employer National American Sports Communications L.P. (“National American”), the publisher of The National Sports Daily (“The National”), seek by order to show cause to quash a subpoena served by defendants James “Buster” Douglas (“Douglas”) and John P. Johnson (“Johnson”) upon Donnellon on June 4, 1990, to obtain evidence in a civil action between plaintiff Don King Productions, Inc. (“DKP”) and defendants that is scheduled for trial on June 26, 1990. For the reasons expressed below, the motion to quash is denied…
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