Thompson v. Judy

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “all the discovery devices of the Rules may be used as in the progress of the action” to facilitate the discovery of “hidden or concealed assets of the judgment debtor”
• holding that inquiries of nonparties under FRCP 69(a) “must be kept pertinent to the goal of discovering concealed assets of the judgment debtor and not be allowed to become a means of harassment” of the nonparties
• concluding relevant inquiries under similar rule included examining a corporate officer \about the entities with whom the judgment debtor had and has financial relationships\
• “All agree that the judgment creditor must be given the freedom to make a broad inquiry to discover hidden or concealed assets of the judgment debtor.”
• “[Under Rule 69(a),] the judgment creditor must be given the freedom to make a broad inquiry to discover hidden or concealed assets of the judgment debtor”
• “There is no doubt that third parties can be examined in relation to the financial affairs of the judgment debtor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).