If I am involved in a civil case and I am served with a discovery motion to provide certain information, but this information is publicly available (such as employment history, residential address, etc), am I obligated to provide this information to the other party?
My thinking here is that there's nothing preventing you from accessing this information other than you spending some effort on getting it - so why should I be compelled to make your job easier for you?
It's also possible that I might inadvertently provide some information which is not really public and in doing so might hurt my case somehow.
On the other hand, not providing this information might be seen as simply being obstructive and using delaying tactics when presumably the end result would be the same (assuming that the information I provide matches that which is publicly available).