Callahan v AEV Inc 2

Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Tarasi & Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA, Jerome M. Marcus, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.
Roslyn M. Litman, Martha S. Helmreich, Litman, Litman, Harris & Brown, Pittsburgh, PA, for A.E.V. Inc., a corporation, Beer and Pop Warehouse, Inc., Jet Distributors, Inc., Q.F.A., Inc., Red Sky, Inc., Retail Services and Systems, Inc., David J. Trone.
Michael Yablonski, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, for Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company, Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr.
Thomas A. Donovan, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, PA, for Alfred M. Lutheran Distributors, Inc., James Lutheran.
John R. McGinley, Melloney J. Douce, Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Lucchino, Pittsburgh, PA, for Wilson–McGinley Co.

Action was brought for antitrust and other violations in beer industry. On plaintiffs' motion to compel responses to document requests, the District Court, Cindrich, J., held that: (1) documents submitted or received from state grand jury were not “grand jury materials” entitled to presumption of privilege; (2) district court, rather than state court overseeing grand jury investigation, was proper entity to determine whether grand jury transcripts should be released; (3) grand jury privilege under federal common law would be lifted as to grand jury transcripts; and (4) use of phrase “any other company” did not render discovery requests vague and ambiguous. Ordered accordingly.