Legal Opinion

Li v. Yan

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 2, 2016No. A144994PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

RICHMAN, J.

Appellant Demas Yan is an attorney. Here, he appears as a judgment debtor, appealing from an “Order Re Subpoena Duces Tecum,” an order made in the course of lengthy—and, from all appearances, unproductive—examination of judgment debtor proceedings attempted against him. Yan makes two arguments, that (1) service of the subpoena requiring production of documents was improper and (2) it was error to deny his claim of privilege as to tax returns. We reject both contentions and affirm the order.

BACKGROUND

The General Setting

This is the second appeal by Yan arising out of a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Couch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Children's Hospital & Medical Center v. BontaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
  4. Hammell v. BrittonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Webb v. Standard Oil Co. of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Matthew D. Van Steenwyk, Individually, as Trustee and Beneficiary of The Matthew Van Steenwyk GST Trust and The Matthew Van Steenwyk Issue Trust, and as Co-Trustee of The Gretchen Marie Van Steenwyk-Marsh GST Trust and The Gretchen Marie Van Steenwyk-Marsh Issue Trust and derivatively on behalf of Nominal Defendants Applied Technologies Associates, Inc., Scientific Drilling International, Inc. and ATADistrict Court, C.D. California · 2025
  5. Moorer v. Noble LA Events Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2019

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