· 2/5/1985
John Deere Limited and Deere & Company v. Sperry Corporation
Citations
- 754 F.2d 132
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 28033
- 53 U.S.L.W. 2410
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that, under Section 1782, there is “little question as to the propriety of honoring [a] request for assistance” from the Federal Court of Canada
- “requir[ing] that a district court undertake a more extensive inquiry into the laws of the foreign jurisdiction would seem to exceed the proper scope of section 1782.”
- \[A] district court is not to predict the admissibility of discovered evidence in foreign tribunals.\
- \The liberal intent to provide judicial assistance whether or not reciprocity exists has been acknowledged as a primary statutory goal since section 1782's inception.\
- “[A] district court is not to predict the admissibility of discovered evidence in foreign tribunals.”
- “The liberal intent to provide judicial assistance whether or not reciprocity exists has been acknowledged as a primary statutory goal since section 1782’s inception.”
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Judges: Gibbons, Garth, Rosenn
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