Legal Opinion
Warford v. Medeiros
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 1984No. A015612PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
This case raises questions concerning the conditions under, which discovery may be compelled from unwilling nonparty witnesses who invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
On June 3, 1981, plaintiffs J. Albert Warford and Joanne Stevens filed an application for an order to show cause why Manuel Wayne Medeiros, Bernice Sanga Medeiros and John Edward Medeiros (hereinafter nonparty deponents) should not be required to provide deposition testimony and certain documents. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 2034.) Plaintiffs’ application was supported by an affidavit…
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