Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v. United States District Court
United States Supreme Court
482 U.S. 522 (1987)
Relevant factsFree
French corporation SNIA (defendant, party seeking a protective order), sued by American plaintiffs, moved for a protective order arguing that discovery from it as a foreign entity could only proceed under the Hague Evidence Convention's specific procedures, or at minimum that plaintiffs had to try those procedures first before resorting to ordinary FRCP discovery; the district court disagreed and denied the protective order.
IssueFree
Whether a court may order a foreign party to produce evidence located in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Evidence Convention without first following the Convention's discovery procedures.
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