Legal Opinion
United States v. Mohamed Salim, A/K/A Abdul Qazi, A/K/A Mohamed Ali
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 24, 1988No. 1120, Docket 87-1402PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
In order to obtain evidence for use in domestic trials, litigants are apt to find it increasingly necessary to conduct depositions in foreign countries. However, foreign laws do not always permit witnesses to be deposed in the manner to which American courts and lawyers are accustomed. In certain cases, the use of unconventional foreign methods of examination may exceed the limits of accepted American standards of fairness and reliability, such as underlie the confrontation clause and the rule against hearsay. Concerns of this type are addressed best on a case-by-case…
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