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IN RE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

No. 86-6011.

848 F.2d 1151 (1988)

In re REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Petition of Joseph AZAR.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey H. Kay, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jon May, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Theodore Klein, Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, et al., Joanne M. Rose, Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., David Lichter, Jeanne M. Mullenhoff, Linda Collins Hertz, Andrea M. Simonton, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Azar challenges the district court's refusal to quash a subpoena that it had directed at Azar's bank, the Union Bank of Florida. The district court issued the subpoena pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (1982)1, in response to a request by the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago ("Minister of Legal Affairs"). This appeal presents an issue of first impression — whether...

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