American Home Assurance Co. v. Société Commerciale Toutélectric

Opinion

PARRILLI, J.

In Société Nat. Ind. Aéro. v. U. S. Dist. Court (1987) 482 U.S. 522 [107 S.Ct. 2542, 96 L.Ed.2d 461] (Aérospatiale), the United States Supreme Court rejected the idea that discovery in a foreign country subscribing to the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Hague Convention) must first proceed under the Hague Convention before discovery is attempted under federal rules. The court deemed such a requirement both unwise and inconsistent with the text of the Hague Convention. (Id. at pp. 542-543 [107 S.Ct. at pp. 2554-2555].) It…