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Cobell v. Norton

Citations

  • 212 F.R.D. 14
  • 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24500
  • 2002 WL 31867798

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  • allowing “regular sorts of business communications” that “do not purport to extinguish the rights of the class members in this litigation.”
  • restricting Interior’s communications with class members to prevent interference with class rights
  • “To construe supplementation to apply whenever a party wants to bolster or 19 submit additional expert opinions would [wreak] havoc [on] docket control and amount to unlimited 20 expert opinion preparation”
  • “[a]bsent a waiver, opinion work product enjoys nearly absolute 22 protection and is discoverable only in ‘rare and extraordinary circumstances,’ while ordinary work 23 product is discoverable upon a showing of “substantial need’ and ‘undue hardship.’”

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Judges: Lamberth

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