Legal Opinion
Fidelis Fisheries, Ltd. v. Thorden
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 23, 1952PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Rule 26(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., permits an examination concerning “the identity and location of persons having knowledge of relevant facts.”
The respondent, going beyond the express language of the rule, has served an interrogatory to require libelant to state the name and address “of each and every witness libelant intends to call in its behalf upon the trial of this action.”1
Libelant’s exception presents the issue as to whether, within the contemplation of the discovery rules a party, in advance of trial, should furnish his adversary…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Hoffman v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Aktiebolaget Vargos v. ClarkDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1949
- Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Ladner v. LadnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- City of Long Beach v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
- Anderson v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Wisconsin v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Jackson v. Kroblin Refrigerated Xpress, Inc.District Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1970
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