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States that relevant information must be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

Is a person's work history relevant information? Seems like this would only lead to information such as to harass and invade privacy.

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In case anyone wants to know....here is the answer to my question
Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders, 437 U.S. at 351.

In deciding whether a request for discovery comes within the discovery Rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules 26-37), a court is not required to blind itself to the purpose for which a party seeks information; thus, when the purpose of a discovery request is to gather information for use in proceedings other than the pending suit, discovery properly is denied, and, likewise, discovery should be denied when a party's aim is to delay bringing a case to trial, or to embarrass or harass the person from whom he seeks discovery.