Legal Opinion
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1977No. 77-1287PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The appellant herein is a non-party witness in an action which is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He conducted an investigation into the death of Karen Silk-wood as groundwork for the making of a documentary film. As part of pretrial discovery, defendant-appellee Kerr-McGee Corporation gave notice of the taking of his deposition and simultaneously served on him a subpoena Duces Tecum to produce all documents and writings in connection with his investigation. The trial court after considerable proceedings denied…
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