United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order compelling production of plaintiffs' answers to a questionnaire posted on the internet by their law firm is vacated where the answers are protected communications.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/12/2005
• Decided 06/09/2005
• Published 06/09/2005

Judges

• KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge., Before KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Brava-Partain and Karen Barth Menzies, Baum Hedlund, A Professional Corp., Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners., James D. Miller, King & Spaulding LLP, Washington, D.C., and Vernon I. Zvoleff, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the real party in interest.