Benton Graphics v. Uddeholm Corp.

OPINION

FREDA L. WOLFSON, United States Magistrate.

This litigation involves allegations of fraud and breach of contract against several defendants, including two Swedish Companies, Uddeholms, A.B. and Uddeholm Strip Steel, A.B. The plaintiff, Benton Graphics, Inc., originally brought the instant motion on for an order compelling responses to interrogatories and the production of documents. The defendants opposed this motion claiming that the principles of comity required that discovery must first be sought under the applicable Hague Convention procedures. Because the United States Supreme…