Legal Opinion
Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, Th. Steinweg Nachf. v. Steinway & Sons
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 9, 1971No. 69 Civ. 3320PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENDORSEMENT
LASKER, District Judge.
Defendant, Steinway & Sons, moves pursuant to Rule 26(c), Fed.R.Civ.Proc., for a protective order that plaintiff’s notice of taking deposition in Germany of one of its own executive officers be vacated and that the testimony of the witness be taken within the Southern District of New York. For the reasons set forth below the motion is granted.
Since plaintiff has chosen this forum, it cannot impose upon defendant the extraordinary expense and burden of traveling to a foreign country to conduct a deposition except on a showing of burden and hardship to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Haviland & Co. v. Montgomery Ward & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Slade v. Transatlantic Financing Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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