Hlavaty v. Muffitt

How courts have described this case

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

• “Courts have universally held that documents are deemed to be within the possession, custody or control if the party has actual possession, custody or control or has the legal right to obtain the documents on demand.”
• Rule 34 permits a party seeking production of documents to require production of documents not in the actual possession of the opposing party if the opposing party has retained any right or ability to influence the nonparty possessing those documents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).