Gold Standard, Inc. v. American Barrick Resources Corp.

DURHAM, Justice:

Gold Standard, Inc., brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of its motion to compel production of a document which the trial judge found to be privileged. We reverse.

In December 1986, Gold Standard filed the lawsuit from which this appeal arises against several entities, including appel-lees. One of Gold Standard’s claims in the suit is that appellees, who were all involved in the sale of property known as the Mer-cur Mine, structured the sale in derogation of Gold Standard’s interests in the mine. On May 10, 1989, Gold Standard filed a motion to compel…