Haeberle v. Texas International Airlines

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The district court denied an attorney leave to interview jurors in order to learn “some lesson” about the basis for its verdict adverse to his client. We affirm the order and we confirm the constitutionality of the local rule forbidding counsel to interview jurors without leave of court.

After a judgment was rendered against three limited partnerships in conformity with the jury’s answers to special interrogatories, their counsel sought leave to interview jurors willing to discuss the trial. The petition stated that the interviews were not sought to impeach the…