Arco Pipeline Co. v. S/S Trade Star

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Taylor and Anderson Towing and Light-erage Company (“Taylor”) has moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (Fed.R.Civ.P.) 37(a) for an order compelling *417Trade Oil Company, S.A., to answer Taylor’s interrogatories 9(a), 9(b) and 11(e), filed July 13, 1978. Interrogatory 9(a) reads as follows: “State whether you have consulted with any person who is not expected to testify at the trial of this ease, relating to or in any way concerning the collision between the S/S Trade Star and the Arco Pipeline pier on May 22, 1977, and/or the events leading…