Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
542 U.S. 241 (2004)
Relevant factsFree
Advanced Micro Devices (Micro) (plaintiff) filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation (Intel) (defendant) with the European Commission's competition directorate. Micro petitioned a California federal district court under 28 U.S.C. section 1782 to compel Intel to produce documents for use in that European proceeding; the district court denied the petition, finding it lacked authority to grant it, but the Ninth Circuit reversed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether a district court can order production of documents for use in a foreign tribunal even if the party seeking the documents would not be able to obtain the same documents in the foreign jurisdiction.