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Parties Involved:
General Power Products, LLC
Defendant
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

AO72A

(Rev. 8/82)

 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

WAL-MART STORES, INC. MOVANT

V. Civil No. 06-MC-00003

GENERAL POWER PRODUCTS, LLC RESPONDENT

O R D E R

Now on this 20 day of April, there comes on for th

consideration the Objection to Subpoena Duces Tecum & Notice

of Deposition; and, Motion to Quash or, Alternatively, Motion

to Modify; and Motion for Protective Order (Doc. 1). The

Court, being well and sufficiently advised in the premises,

finds that the Motion should be and hereby is GRANTED IN PART

and DENIED IN PART as set forth herein.

The Subpoena Duces Tecum and Notice of Deposition Duces

Tecum of the Custodian of Records at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(Doc. 1, Ex. A) are quashed and modified to the extent that

the representative shall be expected to testify on the

following matters:

(1) The precise date that the Yard-Man lawnmowers with

“Made in China” and overhead valve engines (hereinafter the

“lawnmowers”) were first held out for sale at the Wal-Mart

retail outlets; and

(2) The precise date(s) that the lawnmowers were first

sold in the United States.

The representative shall not be expected to testify as to

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Wal-Mart’s current inventories of the lawnmowers or the amount

of sales made from purchases of the lawnmowers as the request

is overbroad and not likely to yield relevant information.

The representative shall produce:

(1) All documents which support the date that the

lawnmowers were first held out for sale at Wal-Mart’s retail

outlets; and 

(2) All documents which support the date that the first

lawnmowers were sold by Wal-Mart in the United States.

The representative shall not produce the following as the

Court finds that these requests are overbroad and are not

likely to yield relevant information:

(1) All documents received, reviewed and generated by

Wal-Mart in connection with the purchase of the lawnmowers;

(2) All documents which evidence in any fashion or manner

any payments or other consideration given by Wal-Mart in

connection with Wal-Mart’s purchase of the lawnmowers from MTD

Products, Inc.;

(3) All current inventories of the lawnmowers; and

(4) All sales records relating to the purchases of the

lawnmowers to date.

The deposition shall be noticed for a date no sooner than

ten (10) days from the date of this Order. Finally, the

Motion for a Protective Order is DENIED based upon

Respondent’s assertion that it has offered to enter into a

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stipulated protective order with Movant.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 20th day of April 2006. 

/s/ Robert T. Dawson

Honorable Robert T. Dawson

United States District Judge

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