Republic of Ecuador v. GSI Environmental, I

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• holding that party judicially estopped from arguing that a specific international tribunal was not subject to discovery statute, where party had repeatedly argued same tribunal was subject to same statute before other courts
• noting that a § 1782 proceeding “addresses an interlocutory discovery application that is ancillary to a non-domestic proceeding,” and “‘adjudicates’ nothing else”
• explaining that if previously obtained discovery orders were issued by 20 courts lacking subject matter jurisdiction, those orders “might well be void”
• “Judicial estoppel is an equitable doctrine designed to protect the integrity of judicial proceedings by preventing litigants from asserting contradictory positions for tactical gain.”
• “From the standpoint of equity, as most federal courts recognize, a change of legal position can be just as abusive of court processes and an opposing party as deliberate factual flip-flopping.”
• applying judicial estoppel to prevent assertion of contradictory legal position

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