Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Sequoia Books, Inc. v. Illinois

484 U.S. 917

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-10-19
Topic
litigation

How later courts describe this case

  • According to the advisory committee notes to Rule 26(b)(3), “ ‘materials assembled in the ordinary course of business ... or for other nonlitigation purposes are not under the qualified immunity provided by [the rule].’ ”
  • risk management documents relating to pending product liability suits used in business planning not work product
  • purpose of takings clause is to “protect the claimant’s reasonable, often investment-backed expectations, rather than inchoate unilateral expectations”
  • reserve information is discoverable where claim of bad faith is made against defendant-insurer

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Sequoia Books, Inc. v. Illinois. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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App. Ct. Ill., 2d Dist. Certiorari denied.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall would grant the petition for writ of certiorari and reverse the judgment of conviction.