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SEALED APPELLEES v. SEALED APPELLANTS

Nos. 97-30214, 97-30244.

112 F.3d 173 (1997)

SEALED APPELLEES, Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEALED APPELLANTS, Third Party Defendants-Appellants. In re Moise S. STEEG, Jr. and Steeg & O'Connor, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Lund, Stephen P. Schott, New Orleans, LA, for Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees and Respondent Jones, Walker, Waechter, Pointevent, Carrere & Denegre.

Frederick R. Bott, Joseph Lee McReynolds, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Third Party Defendants-Appellants and Petitioners.

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, LA, for Lifemark Hospitals of Louisiana Inc., Respondent.

Phillip A. Wittman, Robert Evans Harrington, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, for Liskow and Lewis, Respondent.

Eldon E. Fallon, U.S. District Judge, New Orleans, LA, pro se.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We are not persuaded that the discovery order entered by the district court and contested here is an appealable order. Nor can we conclude that this order compelling production of the documents meets the demanding standard for issuing a writ of mandamus. The preferable practice in factual patterns, such as here, is for the court to examine a sufficient number of the contested documents to insure the informed protection of the privilege protecting the thought...

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