Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. RWP Group, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 19, 1996No. CV 93-4081 (ADS)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge:
The plaintiffs move, pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Court’s inherent power, for an order sanctioning the defendants for their alleged willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to the issues presented in this litigation. Specifically, the plaintiffs urge this Court to (1) preclude the defendants from introducing at trial any information or data contained in the documents the plaintiffs maintain were destroyed; (2) deem conclusive the plaintiffs’ calculation, based upon limited data turned over to…
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