Legal Opinion
In Re Application of Chevron Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 20, 2010No. M-19-111PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
These are applications pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to issue subpoenas in connection with a multi-billion dollar Ecuadorian litigation against Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”), the threatened criminal prosecution in Ecuador of two of its attorneys, and an international arbitration. Specifically, Chevron and the attorneys seek to subpoena the “outtakes” of a documentary film entitled Crude, the making of which was solicited by the plaintiffs’ lawyers and depicts events relating to the litigation. Respondents, the Ecuadorian plaintiffs and the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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