Legal Opinion
In re Combustion, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 5, 1995No. Action No. 94MDL4000PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARTIAL MEMORANDUM RULING1
TYNES, United States Magistrate Judge.
Pending discovery motions raise numerous issues related to the application and interpretation of various privileges and doctrines, including the attorney-client and joint defense privileges and the work product doctrine. The threshold issue which must be determined before these various issues can be analyzed individually is whether state or federal law governs. This issue is addressed independent of the remaining issues raised in plaintiffs’ discovery motions.
In general terms, this class action, toxic tort litigation involves the…
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