Legal Opinion
Williams v. City of Dallas
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided March 5, 1998No. CIV.A. 3:97-CV-0296DPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FITZWATER, District Judge.
The court is asked to decide motions to quash subpoenas duces tecum filed by two attorneys who represented parties in now-*106concluded, related litigation initiated by the plaintiff in the present case. The principal question presented is whether the attorneys will be subjected to an undue burden, within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(c)(3)(A)(iv), if they are required to appear for deposition and produce the subpoenaed documents. Because the court concludes that the subpoenas, although facially overbroad, can be enforced as modified, it grants the motions in part and…
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