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BAKER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 96-653.

522 U.S. 222 (1998)

118 S.Ct. 657

139 L.Ed.2d 580

BAKER et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Jonathan S. Massey, James W. Jeans, Sr., David L. Shapiro, Robert L. Langdon, and J. Kent Emison.

Paul T. Cappuccio argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Kenneth W. Starr, Richard A. Cordray, Jay P. Lefkowitz, Thomas A. Gottschalk, and James A. Durkin.*

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the authority of one State's court to order that a witness' testimony shall not be heard in any court of the United States. In settlement of claims and counterclaims precipitated by the discharge of Ronald Elwell, a former General Motors Corporation (GM) engineering analyst, GM paid Elwell an undisclosed sum of money, and the parties agreed to a permanent...

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