Legal Opinion
General William C. Westmoreland, Ambassador Richard Helms v. Cbs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 20, 1985No. 84-5366PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:
During the course of discovery arising out of a libel suit brought by retired United States Army General William C. Westmoreland against th.y Columbia Broadcasting System (“CBS”), appellee CBS obtained a subpoena duces tecum ad testificandum to depose a non-party witness, appellant Richard Helms. The witness appeared but refused to permit appellee to videotape the deposition absent a court order for a videotaping. Instead of moving under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(4) to have the deposition videotaped, appellee petitioned the district court for an…
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