Legal Opinion
Kiobel v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 10, 2018No. 17-424-cv; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellee Esther Kiobel filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to subpoena documents under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from Respondent-Appellant Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP ("Cravath"), in aid of her lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell ("Shell") in the Netherlands. Cravath is holding the documents because it represented Shell in prior litigation brought by Kiobel against Shell in that district. It was ultimately decided that United States courts lacked jurisdiction over that suit. See Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2004
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