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BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP. v. WILLIAMS

No. 94-5171.

62 F.3d 408 (1995)

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., Appellant, v. Merrell WILLIAMS, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Starr, Washington, DC, argued the cause, for appellant. With him on the briefs were William C. Hendricks, III, and Kerrie C. Dent, Washington, D.C. Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Washington, DC, entered an appearance.

Barbara K. Bracher, Principal Asst. Gen. Counsel and Sol., Office of the Gen. Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, argued the cause, and filed the brief, for appellees.

Before: SILBERMAN, HENDERSON, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Brown & Williamson appeals an order of the district court quashing subpoenas duces tecum issued to two Members of the House of Representatives. We affirm.

I.

This case grows out of another lawsuit brought in Kentucky state court in September 1993 by the Louisville law firm Wyatt, Tarrant & Coombs (Wyatt, Tarrant) against a former paralegal at the firm, Merrell Williams. Williams had worked on confidential...

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