Opinion ID: 2258152
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Heading: Cost of Transcripts Requested by Plaintiffs

Text: The Superior Court's order that plaintiffs pay for the cost of preparing transcripts of the city council hearings came well within the scope of the trial court's discretion in allocating the costs of discovery. See 8 C. Wright & A. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 2038, at 277-78 (1970). Plaintiffs had moved to compel the City to prepare those transcripts for plaintiffs' use in the Superior Court proceedings. During the period of delay before the court heard plaintiffs' motion, the City went ahead and caused the transcripts to be made. At the motion hearing the City produced the requested transcripts and the court denied plaintiffs' motion to compel, ordering them to reimburse the City for the transcript cost. An appellate court will not involve itself in the management of pretrial discovery, except in the clearest instance of abuse of discretion by the trial court. See Swanner v. United States, 406 F.2d 716, 719 (5th Cir. 1969). None occurred here. Judgments affirmed. All concurring.