Legal Opinion
York Group, Inc. v. Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2011No. 10-1266PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
The York Group served Daniel Benefield with a subpoena to give evidence in its suit (pending in a federal district court in Texas) against Wuxi Taihu Tractor Company. Benefield neither complied nor moved to quash. After three months had passed, a district judge in Illinois (the proper venue, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(a)(2)(C)) enforced the subpoena. After four more weeks passed without action by Benefield, York moved to hold him in contempt. When he did not appear at the hearing set for June 10, 2009, or at another on June 23, the judge found him in civil contempt, imposed…
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