Blockchain Innovation, LLC v. Franklin Resources, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 BLOCKCHAIN INNOVATION, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-08787-AMO (TSH)
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: Dkt. No. 217 FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC., et al., Defendants.
Plaintiff Blockchain Innovation, LLC, moves to compel Defendants Jennifer Johnson and Roger Bayston to provide discovery sufficient to show their net worth. Specifically, Plaintiff moves to compel a response to interrogatory 25, which asked each Defendant to identify their “current net worth,” including “an Identification of any Documents (e.g., financial statements) sufficient to corroborate each party’s net worth.” Plaintiff also served request for production 134, which sought “[a]ll documents requested in Interrogatory No. 25 and/or that Defendants relied upon in responding to Interrogatory No. 25.” Plaintiff states without contradiction that the three entity Defendants (Franklin Resources, Inc., FT Fintech Holdings, LLC, and Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC) have provided the requested information and…