Thorne v. Big "D" Discount Auto Parts of Daleville, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HOBBS, District Judge.

The above Fair Labor Standards action is now before the Court on the motion of the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, a non-party in this case, to quash the subpoena of the Departments’ tape recording of plaintiff’s hearing before the Appeals Referee. The Department argues that its motion to quash should be granted on the ground that the recording is “absolutely privileged and confidential” under Ala.Code § 25-4-116 (1975). The plaintiff argues that the recording does not fall within the scope of the statute and that the federal interest in…