May 6, 1993
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No. 93-1316
IN RE TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY,
Petitioners.
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ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION TO
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. Edward F. Harrington, U.S. District Judge]
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Before
Selya, Circuit Judge,
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Feinberg,* Senior Circuit Judge,
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Per Curiam.
Per Curiam.
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for
issuance of a writ
of prohibition which,
if granted, would
We temporarily
proceedings, ordered
in camera,
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of a
and the
We now decline
of
interchangeably
and
prohibition
"are drastic
we
remedies"
use
that
the
"must be
terms
used
In re Pearson,
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Among other
to the
Holland,
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Duell,
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346
relief
requested.
U.S. 379,
384
(1953) (quoting
United States v.
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op. at
vigilance to
6.
We apply
this high
standard with
Pearson,
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particular
F.2d 1000,
protections to
be
process,
are ordinarily
left to
1006 (1st
the
Cir. 1988).
scope of discovery
afforded parties
in
In
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. . .
the discovery
informed judgment
of the
Id.
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disputed
findings,
that
the
palpably erroneous.
generality
of the
and
document itself,
the
district
the district
applicable
law.
court's
turnover
We
court's
are
order
firmly
is
not
rule, not
within the
long-odds
exception to it.
The
a writ of prohibition is
respondents.
respondents.
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Costs in favor of
Costs in favor of
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