· 6/14/2011
Garcia v. BENJAMIMN GROUP ENTERPRISE INC.
Citations
- 800 F. Supp. 2d 399
- 2011 WL 2444686
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that litigants can appeal a magistrate judge’s discovery rulings to the district court
- noting “under the contrary to law standard of review, a district court may reverse a finding only if it finds that the magistrate “failed to apply or misapplied relevant statutes, case law or rules of procedure”
- \The parol evidence [rule] excludes admission and consideration of extrinsic evidence concerning the meaning of provisions of a written agreement or instrument-such as documents concern the drafting history of a provision-where the relevant terms are unambiguous.\
- “[U]nder the ‘contrary to law’ standard of review, a district court may reverse a finding only if it finds that the magistrate failed to apply or misapplied relevant statutes, case law or rules of procedure.”
- Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 “empower[s] district courts with ‘broad discretion to manage’ or otherwise limit discovery based on the circumstances.” (citing In re Subpoena Issued to Dennis Friedman, 350 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2003)
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Judges: Johnson
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