Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Dallas County

How courts have described this case

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• holding board of adjustment was quasi-judicial where its function was essentially fact-finding
• recognizing mental-process privilege may be overcome by strong showing of bad faith or misconduct
• allowing mental-process privilege to be overcome upon a strong showing of bad faith or improper behavior
• allowing mental-process privilege to be 3 overcome upon a strong showing of bad faith or improper behavior
• remanding to allow expanded discovery, rather than simply allowing the mental-process privilege to be voided, as the plaintiff had not made a sufficient showing of bad faith or improper behavior
• “Unless such discovery is allowed, how else could Martin Marietta make such a preliminary showing?”

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