Thorny discovery disputes are part of the Lit Daily’s stock and trade. But try this for thorny: In a decade-old Alien Tort Claims Act case, defense lawyers for DynCorp cited concerns that handing over discovery material might reveal the flight paths of U.S. State Department contractors to narco-terrorists in the Andean jungle. We learned about the dispute because of this 17-page redacted opinion filed in the case on Monday by Washington, D.C., federal district court judge Richard Roberts. [Hat tip: Law360.]
The underlying case was filed on Sept. 11, 2001, on behalf of Ecuadorian citizens and residents targeting DynCorp over its role in the State Department’s “Plan Colombia” anti-narcotics effort. The plaintiffs claim that fumigation flights combating cocaine and heroin farms damaged them, their livestock, vegetation, and water. Conrad & Scherer’s Terry Collingsworth filed the amended complaint in the case in March 2008, back when he was with International Rights Advocates.
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