United States Fourth Circuit

A defendant in a trade secrets case is not entitled to summary judgment on the ground that a protective order, based on the governments' assertion of a "state secrets" privilege, precluded it from defending the case effectively.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/24/2001
• Decided 03/27/2001
• Published 03/27/2001

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and FABER, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  William Norman Withrow, Jr., Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. Alisa Beth Klein, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee United States. Ralph S. Tyler, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellee DTM. ON BRIEF:  C. LeeAnn McCurry, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA;  David B. Hamilton, Kelly J. Davidson, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD;  Laura A. Kaster, AT & T Corporation, Liberty Corner, NJ;  Kathryn E. Thiel, AT & T Corporation, Oakton, VA, for Appellant.  David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee United States.  Douglas R.M. Nazarian, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellee DTM.