KIOBEL BY SAMKALDEN v. CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP

No. 17-424-cv August Term 2017.

895 F.3d 238 (2018)

Esther KIOBEL, BY her Attorney-in-fact Channa SAMKALDEN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD L. HERZ , ( Marco Simons , Alison Borochoff-Porte , on the brief) EarthRights International, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Esther Kiobel.

NEAL KUMAR KATYAL , ( Jessica L. Ellsworth , Sean Marotta , Eugene A. Sokoloff , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.; Lauren A. Moskowitz , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellant Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

John P. Elwood , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Zachary Howe , Vinson & Elkins, Houston, T.X.; Kathryn Comerford Todd , Sheldon Gilbert , United States Chamber of Commerce National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Amar Sarwal , Association of Corporate Counsel, Washington, D.C.), for Amicus Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Association of Corporate Counsel, National Association of Manufacturers.

Joseph E. Neuhaus , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Richard L. Mattiaccio , the New York City Bar Association, New York, N.Y.), for Amicus Curiae New York City Bar Association.

Before: JACOBS, CABRANES, AND WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner-Appellee Esther Kiobel filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to subpoena documents under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from Respondent-Appellant Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP ("Cravath"), in aid of her lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell ("Shell") in the Netherlands....

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