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.