Mims v. Dallas County

How courts have described this case

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

• “The burden is on the party who seeks work product protection to show that the materials at issue were prepared by its representative in anticipation of litigation or for trial.”
• “The burden is on the party who seeks work product protection to show that the materials at issue were prepared by its representative in anticipation of litigation or for trial.”
• “Like all privileges, the work product doctrine must be strictly construed.”
• “Like all privileges, the work product doctrine must be strictly construed.”
• “A document need not be generated in the course of an ongoing lawsuit in order to qualify for work product protection. However, ‘the primary motivating purpose’ behind the creation of the document must be to aid in possible future litigation.”
• “A document need not be generated in the course of an ongoing lawsuit in order to qualify for work product protection. However, ‘the primary motivating purpose’ behind the creation of the document must be to aid in possible future litigation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-01-25· cited 24×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Microtune, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 2009-06-04· cited 14×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Davis
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-02-12· cited 293×
• United States of America and Revenue Agents Clarence H. Isabel and John S. Reid of the Internal Revenue Service v. The El Paso Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-08-13· cited 262×
• Navigant Consulting, Inc. v. Wilkinson
  N.D. Texas· 2004-03-29· cited 47×
• McCook Metals L.L.C. v. Alcoa Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2000-03-02· cited 41×
• Republican Party v. Martin
  E.D. North Carolina· 1991-01-20· cited 27×
• In Re: Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Company, July 5, 1999 Explosion at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company, Gramercy Works Facility Subpoena Duces Tecum,movants
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-07-05· cited 26×
• Ferko v. National Ass'n for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2003-11-20· cited 15×
• Thomas v. General Motors Corp.
  E.D. Texas· 1997-07-23· cited 7×