Ronald B. Brockmeyer Eromedia, Ltd. v. David C. May v. Marquis Publications, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 governs service of a summons and complaint in federal district court
• holding that a plaintiff “must obtain prior court approval” before attempting substituted service under Rule 4(f)(3)
• holding that plaintiffs 22 may serve defendants internationally through means other than the 23 state’s central authority only if the state does not object to the alternative means
• noting that foreign courts are \essentially unanimous\ in the view \that the meaning of 'send' in Article 10(a) includes 'serve' \
• stating that 2 plaintiffs “must obtain prior court approval for the alternative method of serving process.”
• explaining that a party 25 needs “prior court approval for the alternative method of serving process”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).