Legal Opinion

In re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability Litigation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 29, 1981No. Nos. 80-1267, 80-1284PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Firestone) appeals from an order of the district court denying Firestone’s motion to compel discovery from certain non-party witnesses in connection with a products liability suit. The witnesses cross-appeal from the district court’s failure to award them the expenses of their opposition to Firestone’s motion. Finding that the court acted within its discretion on both counts, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Firestone is one of the manufacturers of articles known as “multi-piece…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
Premium Service Corporation v. The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, George A. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. City of Burlington, VermontCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
Marquis v. Chrysler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
In Re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979

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