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CHEVRON CORP. v. BERLINGER

Docket Nos. 10-1918-cv(L), 10-1966-cv(CON).

629 F.3d 297 (2011)

CHEVRON CORPORATION, Rodrigo Pérez Pallares, Ricardo Reis Veiga, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Joseph A. BERLINGER, Crude Productions, LLC, Michael Bonfiglio, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Inc., @Radical.Media, Lago Agrio Plaintiffs, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy M. Mastro , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for Petitioner-Appellee Chevron Corp.

Andrés Rivero , Rivero Mestre & Castro ( Paul E. Dans , Jorge A. Mestre , on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Rodrigo Pérez Pallares.

Beth A. Stewart , Williams & Connolly LLP ( Christopher N. Manner , on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Ricardo Reis Veiga.

Maura J. Wogan , Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. ( Jessie F. Beeber , Nicole Hyland , Jeremy S. Goldman , on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Joseph A. Berlinger, Crude Productions, LLC, Michael Bonfiglio, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Inc., @radical.media.

Ilann M. Maazel , Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP ( Jonathan S. Abady , O. Andrew F. Wilson , on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs.

Floyd Abrams , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP ( Landis C. Best and Catherine Suvari , on the brief), for Amici Curiae ABC Inc., et al.

Rodney A. Smolla , Washington & Lee School of Law ( John J. Walsh and Joshua E. Abraham , Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Dole Food Co., Inc.

Michael C. Donaldson , Donaldson & Callif, LLP ( Christopher L. Perez , on the brief), for Amici Curiae International Documentary Association, et al.

Richard D. Willstatter , Green & Willstatter ( John D. Cline and K.C. Maxwell , on the brief), for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Before: LEVAL, B.D. PARKER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kaplan, J.) compelling disclosure for use in proceedings in foreign tribunals. The appeal involves the application of the qualified evidentiary privilege for information gathered during a journalistic investigation, sometimes described as the "press...

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