Subpoenas for foreign lawsuits
Dr. Douglas Schottenstein v. Orthogen International GmbH
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Douglas Schottenstein and other petitioners challenge Second Circuit orders that allowed Orthogen International GmbH to use federal subpoenas to gather evidence before filing a proposed civil case in Germany.
- Who it affects
- Orthogen and Schottenstein will not get Supreme Court review through this petition; the Court did not decide whether the subpoenas were legally allowed.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Their petition asks whether federal law permits that pre-filing discovery to develop claims against a U.S. resident.
Orthogen sought the subpoenas for a contemplated private civil case in Germany.
Question presented
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 permits a district court to authorize a private foreign party to serve Rule 45 subpoenas for “pre - suit discovery” — to develop unpleaded foreign - law claims against a U.S. resident — in aid of a putative civil action it says it will file in the “conventional courts” of a foreign jurisdiction, where no administrative or quasi - judicial proceeding affords the applicant “significant procedural rights.”?
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- Did the denial endorse the Second Circuit's ruling?
- No. The Court declined review without endorsing either side or deciding the legal question.
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