Hague Convention on Taking Evidence Abroad - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Discovery

Authors

Michael P. Lehutsky

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court has held that the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and Commercial Matters provides optional procedures for conducting discovery in a foreign nation to which American courts may resort if, after a particularized comity analysis, they deem it necessary.

Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 107 S. Ct. 2542 (1987).

First Page

773

Recommended Citation

Michael P. Lehutsky, Hague Convention on Taking Evidence Abroad - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Discovery, 26 Duq. L. Rev. 773 (1988).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol26/iss3/11