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· 11/22/1950

Fairbanks v. Fisher

Citations

  • 94 F. Supp. 265
  • 1950 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2108

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • providing that “data compilations” must be “translated, if necessary, by the respondent through detection devices into reasonably usable form”
  • determining that metadata contained in the defendant's electronic spreadsheet documents was discoverable to the extent it was relevant
  • discussing that courts reference the Sedona Conference for guidance on discovery production issues
  • ordering production of Excel spreadsheets with metadata even though no request had been made initially because producing party should reasonably have known that metadata was relevant
  • discussing the evolving state of the law concerning discovery of electronic documents and associated metadata in litigation
  • refusing to order a party to produce metadata when “[t]here was no request for metadata . . . until recently-after production”

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Judges: McGohey

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