· 1/12/1909
United States v. Behrend
Citations
- 167 F. 317
- 1909 U.S. App. LEXIS 4344
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “discovery should ordinarily be allowed under the concept of relevancy unless it is clear that the information sought can have no possible bearing upon the subject matter of the action”
- \discovery should ordinarily be allowed under the concept of relevancy unless it is clear that the information sought can have no possible bearing upon the subject matter of the action\
- “On the showing ... that the documents sought for production are not within [the defendant’s] custody, control or possession, [the defendant] cannot be compelled to produce them.”
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Judges: Lacombe, Noyes, Ward
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