--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quote from: Bob Pickle at 04:30:19 PM
In the tax case the state/etc. asked for filled out forms for satellite system orders. 3ABN objected on the grounds that that info was confidential.
The state/etc. sought a protective order so they could get the info, and lost. All the7y ended up with was blank forms.
Then while Danny was on the stand, Atty. Rhoades was trying to admit into evidence those forms. Nick Miller objected because the forms had to be filled out in order to be admitted into evidence. So Rhoades explained that they had tried to get filled out forms and had been prohibited from doing so.
Judge Rowe had mercy on poor Rhoades, and allowed the blank form to be admitted into evidence.
I can see how filled out forms would have been relevant. I think the state/etc. wanted all such forms. They could then have better determined whether 3ABN was oeprating with a view to profit or not.
***************************************
Are you telling me that 3ABN objected to a confidentiality order? One must wonder just what was in those records that makes them confidential enough to keep them from being entered into the record.
GAJ
****************************************
How could revealing the contents of satellite system order forms cause them any problem?