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REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR v. CONNOR

Nos. 12-20122, 12-20123.

708 F.3d 651 (2013)

REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR; Diego Garcia Carrion, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. John A. CONNOR, Defendant-Appellee Chevron Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee. Republic of Ecuador; Diego Garcia Carrion, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. GSI Environmental, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee Chevron Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene C. Schaerr , Eric W. Bloom , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Sheryl Anne Falk , John E. O'Neill , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James C. Ho , Ashley E. Johnson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee/Intervenor-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The Republic of Ecuador ("Appellant") seeks discovery from Appellees John Connor and GSI Environmental, his company, for use in a foreign arbitration against Chevron. See 28 U.S.C. § 1782. During the course of extended litigation with Ecuador, Chevron,1 an intervenor in the district court, has benefitted repeatedly by arguing against Ecuador and others that the arbitration is a "foreign or international...

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