· 2/5/2001
Arizaga v. United States
Citations
- 130 F. Supp. 2d 335
- 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1416
- 2001 WL 114972
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- concluding that the hardship factor weighed in favor of produc�on because the bank had not produce evidence it had been “meaningfully sanc�oned” for complying with two previous U.S. court orders to produce documents in contraven�on of China’s bank secrecy laws
- granting default judgment with respect to defendants Islamic Republic of Iran, Syrian Arab Republic, and other Iranian and Syrian defendants
- finding the MOJ's past practices validate concerns that Hague Convention requests are not viable alternative to subpoena
- finding that this factor weighed against the plaintiff
- \BOC argued that the Hague Convention would provide a perfectly adequate means of securing the information requested without forcing the Bank to violate Chinese law\ (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
- \[T]he Chinese interest in building confidence in its banking industry does not encompass an interest in protecting the confidentiality of those who participate in the funding of international terrorism.\
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Judges: Laffitte
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