REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR v. MACKAY

Nos. 12-15572, 12-15848.

742 F.3d 860 (2014)

REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR; Diego Garcia Carrion, Dr., Attorney General of the Republic of Ecuador, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Douglas M. MACKAY; Chevron Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. The Republic of Ecuador; Diego Garcia Carrion, Dr., Attorney General of the Republic of Ecuador, Applicants-Appellees, v. Michael A. Kelsh, Dr.; Exponent, Inc., DBA Delaware Exponent, Inc., Respondents-Appellants, and Chevron Corporation, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Ethan Douglas Dettmer , Joshua S. Lipshutz , and Enrique Antonio Monagas , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor-Appellant and Respondents-Appellants.

Gene C. Schaerr (argued) and Eric Bloom , Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C.; Richard A. Lapping , Winston & Strawn, San Francisco, CA, for Applicants-Appellees.

Before: BARRY G. SILVERMAN, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Chevron Corporation and two of its expert witnesses, Douglas M. Mackay and Michael A. Kelsh (collectively, "Chevron"), appeal from two district court decisions ordering the production of documents. The Republic of Ecuador (the "Republic") and Diego Garcia Carrion (collectively, the "Applicants") sought the discovery for use in a foreign proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Contending that the 2010 amendments to Federal...

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