Goosby v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

Jonathan Goodman, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Introduction

In the classic novella Animal Farm , written by George Orwell (1903-1950) and first published in 1945, the pigs who control the Manor Farm famously amended "The Seven Commandments of Animalism" and changed the commandment that "all animals are equal" to proclaim that "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."1

In the litigation context, and especially when evaluating a work product claim, it is sometimes important to consider an Animal Farm -like maxim: there are reports, and then there are reports. In other…