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POLIQUIN v. GARDEN WAY, INC.

Nos. 92-1115, 92-1116.

989 F.2d 527 (1993)

Richard and Anita POLIQUIN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GARDEN WAY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1993.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice A. Libner with whom Marcia J. Cleveland and McTeague, Higbee, Libner, MacAdam, Case and Watson, Topsham, ME, were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cheryl Flax-Davidson, San Juan, PR, and Bob Gibbins, Austin, TX, were on brief, for amicus curiae The Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America.

Mark L. Austrian with whom Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, Roy E. Thompson, Jr., Glenn H. Robinson, and Thompson & Bowie, Portland, ME, were on brief, for defendant-appellee.

James D. Poliquin, Russell B. Pierce, Jr. and Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Portland, ME, were on brief, for amicus curiae The Defense Research Institute, Inc.

Before TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and KEETON, District Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Richard and Anita Poliquin, appellants in this court and plaintiffs below, challenge protective orders of the district court limiting access to certain discovery materials in this case. The plaintiffs' underlying product liability claim has been settled. The discovery dispute lives on, consuming the time and energy of the courts, largely as a contest between plaintiffs' counsel and the defendant-appellee, Garden Way, Inc. For reasons set forth...

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