In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation. Petition of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1988-09-29

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. This matter arises on an infrastructure of important concerns involving the prophylaxis to be accorded to attorneys’ work product and the scope of trial judges’ authority to confront case management exigencies in complex multi-district litigation. The critical question is somewhat novel. We delve rather deeply into the doctrinal underpinnings of the work pr…

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