Legal Opinion
Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2004No. 03-21222PublishedCited by 222 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Esther Kiobel appeals the district court’s order denying her motion to compel attendance and to produce documents and quashing the subpoena duces tecum directed to Victor Oteri, a non-party to the underlying class action suit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
This ancillary proceeding arises from a class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in…
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