Legal Opinion
Application of Asta Medica, SA
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 22, 1992No. Civ. 91-328-P-HPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
HORNBY, District Judge.
This case involves the interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a). That statute provides that a United States district court may, upon the application of any interested person, order a person residing in the district to give testimony or a statement or to produce documents for use in a foreign proceeding. The question here is to what degree this discretionary authority should depend on the applicant’s ability to compel such testimony or document production in the foreign jurisdiction and whether a United States District Judge must consider foreign law in…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In re Asta Medica, S.A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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- Fleischmann v. MortariDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2006
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