Andrew Barton v. United States District Court For The Central District Of California

410 F.3d 1104 Andrew BARTON; Kenneth Borenstein; Gerri Marin; Trishia Medema; and James Meythaler, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, dba GlaxoSmithKline, A Pennsylvania Corporation, Real Party in Interest. No. 05-71086. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 12, 2005. Filed June 9, 2005. Robert M. Brava-Partain and Karen Barth Menzies, Baum Hedlund, A Professional Corp., Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners. James D. Miller, King & Spaulding LLP, Washington, D.C., and Vernon I. Zvoleff, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the real party in interest. Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Mariana R. Pfaelzer, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-07937-MRP. Before KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge. 1 We grant a writ of mandamus to prevent disclosure of communications by prospective clients to their lawyers. 2 Facts. 3 Plaintiffs sued SmithKline Beecham Corporation, which does business as GlaxoSmithKline. They claim injury…