Servotronics Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC
Case removed from the October calendar under Rule 46.
Issue: Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. " 1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in "a foreign or international tribunal" encompasses private commercial arbitral tribunals, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th and 6th Circuits have held, or excludes such tribunals without expressing an exclusionary intent, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 5th and, in the case below, the 7th Circuit, have held.
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