Legal Opinion
Noga v. American Motors Corp.
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided March 25, 1987No. MISC. 1272PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM D. BROWNING, District Judge.
This Order addresses the question whether a court can compel the author of a research report to serve as a witness in a lawsuit when the author is a stranger both to the events and to the parties involved in the suit.
J. Russell Noga filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against American Motors Corporation (AMC) for personal injuries arising from an accident involving an AMC Jeep. Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(b) and (d), AMC obtained from this Court a subpoena duces tecum against Richard G. Snyder, a retired safety…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Richard A. Farnsworth v. The Procter & Gamble Company v. Center for Disease Control, Movant/appelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Nancy Deitchman, Paula Renfroe, and Dr. Arthur L. Herbst, Witness-Appellee v. E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Kaufman v. EdelsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- The Dow Chemical Company, Intervening v. Dr. James R. Allen and John Van Miller, and James P. Wachtendonk, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Anker v. G.D. Searle & Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1989
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- Smith v. Dow Chemical Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1997
- Bryant v. Cary (In re Cary)District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1994
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