Christie's, Inc. v. Koch

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J. ), entered on or about September 26, 2012, which granted petitioner Christie’s Inc.’s motion for a protective order quashing respondent’s subpoena, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

This matter concerns an out-of-state subpoena issued by respondent seeking documents for use in his California civil action against Rudy Kurniawan, alleging the fraudulent sale of counterfeit wine in 2005 and 2006 through another auction house, not Christie’s.

The motion court correctly held, and respondent does not dispute, that the original subpoena was…