Legal Opinion
State, Department of Transportation v. Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided August 13, 2013No. C.A. No. S11C-01-031 RFSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STOKES, J.
Defendant AMEC Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. (“AMEC”) has filed a motion to compel documents in the possession of non-party Golder Associates (“Golder”). The State of Delaware Department of Transportation (“the Department”) opposes the motion, arguing that 178 of the 181 the documents sought are exempt from discovery under what it calls the “executive/deliberative process privi*261lege.” 1 This nomenclature is clarified in a later section.
Delaware Uniform Rule of Evidence (“DRE”) 508 recognizes certain governmental privileges based on both federal and state law. However,…
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- Eagle Industries, Inc. v. DeVilbiss Health Care, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1997
- Redland Soccer Club, Inc. v. Department of the Army of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Nero v. HylandSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- State ex rel. Dann v. TaftOhio Supreme Court · 2006
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