Fee v. Durham

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a plaintiff should not seek alternative service under Rule 4(f)(3) merely to “expedite the process and avoid additional costs of service” (citation omitted)
• “Service through Mexico’s Central Authority is the exclusive method of service of process on parties in 2 Mexico under the Hague Convention.”
• Mexico objected to service by “postal channels” and therefore service by email was not permitted
• “the standard set out … seems to require … that a plaintiff put forth reasonable diligence in attempting to discover defendant’s address, before finding the party can circumvent the methods for service of process authorized by the Hague Convention.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).