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Ninth Circuit· 3/30/1992

Richmark Corp. v. Timber Falling Consultants

Citations

  • 959 F.2d 1468
  • 1992 WL 58817

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  • holding that 25 the failure to timely serve responses to discovery constitutes a waiver of any objections
  • stating that the contem-nor must establish “that it is ‘factually impossible ’ to comply with the ... order” (emphasis in original)
  • noting that Societe Nationale 's \list of factors is not exhaustive\
  • rejecting a 22 foreign corporation’s argument that state secrecy laws prohibited it from disclosing the information 23 ordered by the district court
  • finding district court properly awarded fees 14 and costs incurred in obtaining court order compelling discovery and in litigating issues 15 pertaining to sanctions motions under Rule 37(b)(2)
  • stating civil contempt sanctions are used 3 to coerce the contemnor to comply with the court’s orders in the future, and the sanction is 4 conditioned upon continued noncompliance

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Judges: Browning, Nelson, Skopil

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