Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Uniroyal, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 28, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 76-2989PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
VanARTSDALEN, District Judge.
This is a securities fraud class action brought by certain stockholders of Uniroyal, Inc. against Uniroyal and its accountants, Haskins & Sells.1 Uniroyal has refused to answer certain interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff, claiming that the materials sought are irrelevant, privileged under both the attorney-client and work product doctrines, and that compliance would entail undue burden and expense. The class plaintiff now moves to compel answers to his interrogatories.
The standard of relevance for purposes of discovery is not a…
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- Garner v. WolfinbargerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Leslie Ray Cox R.M. Cox Larry Driver Barry Nichols John Bullard Robert W. Kennedy, Jr. Lorenzo G. East Clarence M. Pope, Jr. C.R. Altes Jack E. Merrymon Terry P. West R.S. Arnold M.W. Milstead J.W. Wade Manning A.C. Snider Terry H. Melvin Thomas E. Hill Gary D. Swann Ronald E. Frazier Anthony J. Crapet Robert M. Green Heath L. McMeans III Billy Carter Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie and United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel Corporation, Leslie Ray Cox, R.M. Cox, Larry Driver, Barry Nichols, John Bullard, Robert W. Kennedy, Jr., Lorenzo G. East, Clarence M. Pope, C.R. Altes, Jack E. Merrymon, Terry P. West, R.S. Arnold, M.W. Milstead, J.W. Wade, A.C. Snider, Terry H. Melvin, Thomas E. Hill, Gary D. Swann, Ronald E. Frazier, Anthony J. Crapet, Robert M. Green, Heath L. McMeans Iii, Billy Carter, Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie, United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- In re LTV Securities LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1981
- Moskowitz v. LoppDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. v. KaplanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
- Sandberg v. Virginia Bankshares, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
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