In a brief memorandum opinion, the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed that attorneys may be deposed as fact witnesses while counsel in the underlying litigation. Here, the trial court denied a party’s motion to compel the deposition of the opposing party’s lawyer. The court of appeals stated that "[t]he mere fact that a fact witness
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Dallas Court Says No to Depo of President Bush
By Byron Henry on
Posted in Opinions & Judgments
The Dallas Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs were not entitled to take the depositions of George W. and Laura Bush in relation to the ongoing dispute over the location of the proposed Bush Presidental Library. The Court stated:
For reasons of comity and the policy considerations discussed in [United States v.]Poindexter, we
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