Mid-Valley Pipeline Co. v. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding six to eighteen month delay due to Hague Convention service justified alternative service
• authorizing alternative service in China because significant delay was likely if service was sought through the Chinese Ministry of Justice
• granting motion for alternative service on corporate employer’s registered domestic agent and its counsel of record
• authorizing service of a corporate subsidiary’s executive who lived in China through service of the subsidiary’s U.S. parent company and its counsel, as this substitute service did not trigger the requirements of the Hague Convention
• authorizing service of a corporate subsidiary’s executive who lived in China through service of the subsidiary’s U.S. parent company and its counsel, as this substitute service did not trigger the requirements of the Hague Convention
• “[U]nder Rule 4(f)(3), a plaintiff is not required to attempt service through the other provisions of Rule 4(f) before the Court may order service pursuant to Rule 4(f)(3).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).