Liguria Foods, Inc. v. Griffith Laboratories, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING THE COURT’S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY COUNSEL FOR BOTH PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED FOR DISCOVERY ABUSES

MARK W. BENNETT, U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ... 171

A. Factual Background ... 171

1. The nature of the litigation .. .171

2. Potentially obstructionist discovery responses ... 172

B. Procedural Background ... 180

1. Pretrial matters ... 180

2. The Show Cause Order ... 180

C. Responses Of The Parties To The Order To Show Cause ... 180

*1701. Responses in briefs ... 180

2. Responses at the evidentiary hearing…