Adams v. Dan River Mills

Citation: Adams v. Dan River Mills, Inc., 4 Computer L. Serv. Rep. 33 (W.D. Va. 1972).

The action involved alleged racial discrimination by the defendant in its employment practice. The plaintiff filed a request for production of documents under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including computer printouts. Plaintiff argued that the computer printouts where both vital and relevant, as well as the most inexpensive and reliable method of ascertaining the needed information.

The court held that because of the speed, reliability and cost savings involved in the computer reproduction, defendant would be ordered to produce the requested documents.