Legal Opinion
Republic of Ecuador v. Douglas MacKay
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2014No. 12-15572, 12-15848PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Chevron Corporation and two of its expert witnesses, Douglas M. Mackay and Michael A. Kelsh (collectively, “Chevron”), appeal from two district court decisions ordering the production of documents. The Republic of Ecuador (the “Republic”) and Diego Garcia Carrion (collectively, the “Applicants”) sought the discovery for use in a foreign proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Contending that the 2010 amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 fundamentally changed the scope of work product protection for expert materials, Chevron argues that the district courts…
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