United States Ninth Circuit

Magistrate judge did not abuse his discretion in concluding that a discovery order for trade secret material, under 28 U.S.C. section 1782, would improperly frustrate a protective order issued by an Ohio court in a separate action between the same parties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/09/2002
• Decided 10/24/2002
• Published 10/24/2002

Judges

• CANBY, Circuit Judge., Before: LAY,CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. Corbin, Corbin & Fitzgerald LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  Daniel Marino, Reed Smith, LLP, Washington, DC;  for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dominic Surprenant, Patrick M. Shields, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.