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· 1/8/1996

Fink v. Gonzalez

Citations

  • 911 F. Supp. 332
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137
  • 1996 WL 10904

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “application of this privilege to the investigators’ notes . . . is a poor fit”
  • “[T]he proper scope of discovery in any case is a function of the nature of that case.”
  • “To extend the deliberative process privilege to a recommendation as to a particular personnel matter extends it beyond its present form to protect from disclosure what would otherwise be evidence relevant to a plaintiff’s complaint of discrimination.”
  • “Evidence that the defendant treated persons similarly situated differently may be relevant evidence of racial discrimination. Information that may permit such a comparison is ‘reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery’ of relevant evidence. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1
  • “Evidence that the defendant treated persons similarly situated differently may be relevant evidence of racial discrimination. Information that may permit such a comparison is ‘reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery’ of relevant evidence. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1
  • ordering production of certain responsive documents from personnel files

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Judges: Aspen

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