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AMOCO CHEM. v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S

Docket No. B079477.

34 Cal.App.4th 554 (1995)

40 Cal. Rptr.2d 80

AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON, ENGLAND et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

April 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Barry L. Bunshoft, Deborah A. Pitts, Vito C. Peraino and Candace A. Younger for Defendants and Appellants.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Ronald M. Oster and Keith A. Meyer for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

We hold in this case that section 1989 of the Code of Civil Procedure means what it says — a witness is not obliged to appear in court in California unless he is a resident of the state at the time of service.1 For this reason, a notice to attend trial and bring documents (§ 1987, subds. (b), (c)) served on the custodian of records of a nonresident party is void...

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