· 5/31/1985
United States v. George G. Davis
Citations
- 767 F.2d 1025
- 18 Fed. R. Serv. 53
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 19723
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding, in affirming discovery order, that U.S. interest in enforcing criminal laws outweighed Cayman Islands’ interest in bank secrecy
- “The absence of any objection by the Cayman government to the subpoena and subsequent order ... is significant.”
- “because such an order may also trench upon the interests of another state, a court is required to strike a careful balance between the competing national interests and the extent to which these interests would be impinged upon by the order”
- applying presumption to United States-Switzerland bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty
- Cayman secrecy law found to have many exceptions
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Judges: Meskill, Pratt, Palmieri
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