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BARTON v. U.S. DIST. CT., CENT. DIST., CAL.

No. 05-71086.

410 F.3d 1104 (2005)

Andrew BARTON; Kenneth Borenstein; Gerri Marin; Trishia Medema; and James Meythaler, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, dba GlaxoSmithKline, A Pennsylvania Corporation, Real Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Brava-Partain and Karen Barth Menzies, Baum Hedlund, A Professional Corp., Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners.

James D. Miller, King & Spaulding LLP, Washington, D.C., and Vernon I. Zvoleff, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the real party in interest.

Before KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

We grant a writ of mandamus to prevent disclosure of communications by prospective clients to their lawyers.

Facts.

Plaintiffs sued SmithKline Beecham Corporation, which does business as GlaxoSmithKline. They claim injury from Paxil, a medication manufactured by SmithKline. Plaintiffs did not initiate contact with their lawyers by walking into the law office. Instead, the law firm posted a questionnaire on the internet,...

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