Wm. T. Thompson Co. v. General Nutrition Corp., Inc. General Nutrition Corporation and General Nutrition Center, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

General Nutrition Corporation (General) appeals from an order of the District Court enforcing a subpoena for a deposition of a third party. Wm. T. Thompson Co. (Thompson), the appellee, moves to dismiss General’s appeal. We deny the motion to dismiss the appeal, and we affirm the District Court’s order.

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Thompson and General are parties to two civil actions, consolidated for purposes of discovery, pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 1 On November 21, 1980 Thompson, having served notice provided in Fed.R.…