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Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Barlow Burke, Joseph L. Ebersole
January 1, 1980

A description of responses obtained during interviews with attorneys who had participated in cases believed to have involved discovery problems. The analysis focused on differences between cases involving over-discovery and cases involving resistance to discovery. Factors affecting discovery problems are also discussed.