Legal Opinion
Selas Corp. of America v. Electric Furnace Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 16, 1980No. Misc. No. 80-591PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEWCOMER, District Judge.
The Electric Furnace Company [“Opponent”] invokes 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (1976) (“Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals”) in requesting an order directing Selas Corporation of America [“Applicant”] to give testimony and produce documents relating to a case pending in the Republic of South Africa.
Applicant is an American corporation doing business in Dresher, Pennsylvania. For several years it has been involved in litigation regarding the issuance of a South African patent for a furnace equipped with…
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