IN RE VON BULOW

Docket 87-3006.

828 F.2d 94 (1987)

In re Claus VON BULOW, Petitioner. Martha VON BULOW, by her next friends Alexander AUERSPERG, and Annie Laurie Auersperg-Kneissl, Plaintiffs, v. Claus VON BULOW, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, submitted for petitioner Claus von Bulow.

Frederic Parnon, New York City (Barrett Smith Schapiro Simon & Armstrong, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Claus von Bulow seeks a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Walker, J.) to vacate its discovery order of February 12, 1987, 114 F.R.D. 71, granting plaintiff the right to discover certain conversations between petitioner and his attorneys. Because the discovery order raises significant issues of first impression, mandamus is an appropriate remedy. Hence, the petition...

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