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Judge Griesa disagreed, ordering discovery on all assets "reasonably calculated to lead to attachable property." [ 2 ] On Argentina's appeal the Second Circuit affirmed the discovery order. [ 16 ] Still refusing to comply, Argentina then petitioned for a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court of the United States, and the petition was ...
Under the law of the United States, civil discovery is wide-ranging and may seek disclosure of information that is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. [29] This is a much broader standard than relevance, because it contemplates the exploration of evidence which might be relevant, rather than evidence which is ...
A party may use discovery to obtain material that will be inadmissible as evidence at trial as long as the material is reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. Methods of discovery include depositions (recorded interviews with witnesses under oath), interrogatories (written questions), requests for production of documents or things ...
No other country has adopted the U.S. standard of disclosure of information that is "reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." [ 2 ] [ 39 ] American reported cases are replete with plaintiffs whose counsel artfully exploited this standard to obtain so-called " smoking gun " evidence of product defects and made ...
In the UK, Abu Hamza and Yaser al-Sirri, [1] Jim Davidson, [2] and the late Edward Heath [3] were described in media as having been subjected to this tactic. Former friends of the late prime minister Edward Heath complained that Mike Veale, Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police, had mounted a 'fishing expedition' in an 'unsatisfactory and prejudicial' investigation costing £1.5 million which ...
Lead emissions at Fort Lauderdale Executive airport are estimated to be significantly greater than previous calculations, according to a new study contracted by the airport last month. But the ...
Section 15 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided: [A]ll the said courts of the United States, shall have power in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the parties to produce books or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the ...
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