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AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. v. ALVITI

No. 20-2120, No. 20-2168.

14 F.4th 76 (2021)

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC.; Cumberland Farms, Inc.; M&M Transport Services, Inc.; New England Motor Freight, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Peter ALVITI, Jr., in his official capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation; Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Defendants, Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of the State of Rhode Island; Nicholas A. Mattiello, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; Stephen R. Ucci, Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Interested Parties, Appellants. In re: Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of the State of Rhode Island; Nicholas Mattiello, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; Stephen R. Ucci, Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; Peter Alviti, in his official capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation; and Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole J. Benjamin , with whom John A. Tarantino , Patricia K. Rocha , R. Bart Totten , Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Michael W. Field , Keith David Hoffman , and R.I. Office of Attorney General were on brief, for appellants.

Nicole J. Benjamin , with whom John A. Tarantino , Patricia K. Rocha , R. Bart Totten , Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Michael W. Field , Keith David Hoffman , and R.I. Office of Attorney General, were on brief, for Rhode Island Senate , amicus curiae.

Charles A. Rothfeld , with whom Evan M. Tager , Reginald R. Goeke , Colleen M. Campbell , Mayer Brown LLP, Richard Pianka , and ATA Litigation Center were on brief, for appellees.

Nicole J. Benjamin , with whom John A. Tarantino , Patricia K. Rocha , R. Bart Totten , Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Michael W. Field , Keith David Hoffman , and R.I. Office of Attorney General were on brief, for petitioners.

Before Thompson and Kayatta, Circuit Judges, and Woodlock, District Judge.

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS

We consider in these consolidated cases an interlocutory appeal and a petition for mandamus, each asking that we reverse a decision of the district court refusing to quash subpoenas seeking discovery from Rhode Island public officials and a state consultant.1

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