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SILKWOOD v. KERR-McGEE CORP.

No. 77-1287.

563 F.2d 433 (1977)

Karen G. SILKWOOD, by the Administrator of her Estate, William M. Silkwood, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The KERR-McGEE CORPORATION etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Arthur Buzz Hirsch, Non-Party Witness-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Paul, of Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, Okl. (L. E. Stringer and John J. Griffin, Jr., of Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, and Derrill Cody, Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Stephen F. Rohde, of Fleishman, Brown, Weston & Rohde, Beverly Hills, Cal. (Judith Jecmen, of Rudich & Wideman, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel, on the brief), for non-party witness-appellant.

Paul P. Selvin, of Selvin & Weiner, Los Angeles, Cal., for Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., amicus curiae.

Barbara Scott, New York City, for Motion Picture Assn. of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before McWILLIAMS and DOYLE, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant herein is a non-party witness in an action which is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He conducted an investigation into the death of Karen Silkwood as groundwork for the making of a documentary film. As part of pretrial discovery, defendant-appellee Kerr-McGee Corporation gave notice of the taking of his deposition and simultaneously served on him a subpoena Duces Tecum...

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