Civil Procedure

Guste v. Shell Oil Company, 161 F.R.D. 329, 330 (E.D. La. 1995) (motion for more definite statement disfavored)

Villa v. McNeilab, Inc., No. 84-1560, 1985 WL 4014 (E.D. Pa.) (March 20, 1985) (Lord, J.) (Recognition of impropriety of protective orders barring communications among plaintiffs' counsel in drug product litigation) (featured in Galante, Zomax Document Release Disputed, Nat'l L.J., April 22, 1985, p.10; Weiser & Walsh, Public Courts, Private Justice: Settlements Kept Former Drug Salesman's Story Under Wraps, Wash. Post, October 25, 1988, p.A13, col.1)

Gregory, et al v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, et al., No. 60, 626 (Tenth Judicial District Court, Natchitoches Parish, LA) (July 19, 1991) (adoption of "test case" management approach to complex litigation)