Legal Opinion
Schmitz v. Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 2004No. Docket No. 03-7556PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners Michael Schmitz, et ah, plaintiffs in a civil action in Germany against respondent Deutsche Telekom AG, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sidney H. Stein, J.) denying their application for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Section 1782(a) provides discovery assistance for foreign proceedings. In denying the application, the district court explained that although petitioners had met the statutory requirements of § 1782, granting discovery in this ease would run counter to the statute’s…
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