STRAWSER v. EXXON CO., U.S.A.

No. 91-139.

843 P.2d 613 (1992)

Thomas J. STRAWSER and Barbara Strawser, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A., A DIVISION OF EXXON CORP., a New Jersey corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juline Christofferson, Jackson, and Joseph E. Darrah, Powell, for petitioners.

Marilyn S. Kite and Joe M. Teig of Holland & Hart, Cheyenne, and Charles G. Bakaly, Jr. and David M. Fox of O'Melveny & Myers, New York City, for respondent.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and GOLDEN, JJ.


URBIGKIT, Justice.

In granting a petition for writ of certiorari in a case of first impression for Wyoming, we must decide whether petitioners' counsel is entitled to conduct ex parte interviews with a corporation's present and former employees in an action claiming defamation and invasion of privacy. In reaching our decision, we are invited to examine Rule 4.2 of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law and the various "tests" adopted in other...

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