Carter v. Utah Power & Light Co.

I dissent because I believe that the majority opinion departs from basic legal principles and allows destruction of important privacy interests of litigants and witnesses who are subjected to pretrial discovery measures.

*1101One who testifies on deposition is often subjected to a wide-ranging inquiry into a variety of highly private matters. Parties and witnesses in a lawsuit can be required to testify as to the most intimate details and activities of their lives. In divorce and custody cases, for example, the most prevalent type of civil litigation in our courts, litigants and witnesses may be…