· 11/7/2002
McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Citations
- 211 F.R.D. 381
- 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25642
- 2002 WL 31681521
How courts have described this case
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- noting the interest in “ensuring that high level government officials are permitted to perform their official tasks without disruption or diversion.”
- noting “an official’s pro forma approval of a matter without showing deliberations about it, will not justify ordering a deposition ... ”
- disallowing deposition of Mayor of City of Newark where Mayor was neither personally involved in the events surrounding the dispute nor had personal knowledge that could not be gleaned from other sources
- treating Chief of Staff to California Governor as a high-ranking government official
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Judges: Chapman
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