IN RE ITRON, INC.

No. 17-60733.

883 F.3d 553 (2018)

IN RE: ITRON, INCORPORATED, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordie Donald Puckett , Brent N. Bumgardner , Clifford Chad Henson , Nelson Bumgardner, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, Donna Marie Meehan , Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Petitioner.

Robert David Kaufman , Joseph Anthony Sclafani, Esq. , Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Respondent STEPHEN D. JOHNSTON.

James Joseph Crongeyer, Jr., Esq. , John Burley Howell, III , Michael W. Ulmer, Esq. , Watkins & Eager, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Respondent AJIT HABBU.

Oliver Stephen Montagnet, III, Esq. , McCraney, Montagnet, Quin & Noble, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, for Respondent GARY KESSLER.

Before DENNIS, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


This mandamus petition calls on us to correct a significant misapplication of attorney-client privilege law. The underlying lawsuit springs from a disputed corporate merger. Plaintiff-Petitioner Itron acquired a company called SmartSynch. According to Itron, misrepresentations by three of SmartSynch's corporate...

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