Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. v. Hughes A. Bagley

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP) appeals from the district court order which partially lifted a protective order entered in the course of discovery proceedings in this diversity suit. Treating the notice of appeal as a petition for a writ of mandamus, we grant the writ, vacate the district court’s order, and remand the case with directions to reinstate, in full, the protective order.

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• IBP, which is described in the briefs as the world’s largest meat packing concern, has been the target of numerous private antitrust suits in recent years. • Many of these lawsuits have…