Legal Opinion
Moriah v. Bank of China Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 17, 2014No. 12 Civ. 1594(SAS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On September 11, 2014, Plaintiffs subpoenaed Eric Cantor, former House Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, to appear for a deposition to testify about alleged conversations he had with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, while he was the Majority Leader. Cantor moved to quash the subpoena on two grounds: (1) federal common law bars the deposition of a former high-ranking government official absent “extraordinary circumstances”; and (2) Cantor is immune under the Speech or Debate…
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