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SCHMITZ v. BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP.

No. 03-7556.

376 F.3d 79 (2004)

Michael SCHMITZ, Christian Bohling, Katrin Howe, Peter Howe, Thomas Ostermann, Claudia Malm-Ostermann, Anne Schieckel, Christine Shieckel, Werner Schmitz, Irene Schulze, Ralf Schulze, Rolf Keeve, Helga Zechmeister, Bernd Collin, Andreas Lange, Gabrielle Thomas, Anna Waldmann, Ewald Waldmann, Bodo Dobberkau, Irmtraut Dobberkau, Josef Messerer, Dr. Helmut Cullman, Achim Breidenstein, Dr. Olaf Koblish, Dr. Gundrun Brau, Keller Manfred, Ubelhor Otto, Gergely Katalin, Petitioners-Appellants, v. BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Deutsche Telekom AG, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Stone (John F. Carroll, on the brief), Shalov Stone & Bonner LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Robert H. Baron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY, for Respondents-Appellees Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Deutsche Telekom AG.

Robert Wallner, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for Respondent-Appellee Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP.

Before: FEINBERG, CALABRESI and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Michael Schmitz, et al., plaintiffs in a civil action in Germany against respondent Deutsche Telekom AG, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sidney H. Stein, J.) denying their application for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Section 1782(a) provides discovery assistance for foreign proceedings. In denying the application, the district court explained that...

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