Legal Opinion
America Online, Inc. v. Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 1, 2002No. Record 012761PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Koontz
In this appeal and in the context of the Uniform Foreign Depositions Act, Code § 8.01-411 through -412.1 (UFDA), we consider whether a Virginia trial court properly applied principles of comity in refusing to quash a subpoena duces tecum obtained under a commission for out-of-state discovery issued by a California trial court.
BACKGROUND
On January 26, 2001, Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (Nam Tai) filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (the California court) against fifty-one unknown individuals alleging libel, trade libel, and violations of…
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