BANCA PUEYO SA v. LONE STAR FUND IX (US), L.P.

No. 20-10049.

978 F.3d 968 (2020)

BANCA PUEYO SA; Banco BIC Portugues SA; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA; BlackRock, Incorporated; Carlson Capital, L.P.; CQS (UK), L.L.P.; DNCA Finance; Pacific Investment Management Company, L.L.C.; River Birch Capital, L.L.C.; TwentyFour Asset Management, L.L.P.; VR-Bank Rheinsieg eG; Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, L.L.C.; York Capital Management Global Advisors, Petitioners-Appellees, v. LONE STAR FUND IX (US), L.P.; Lone Star Global Acquisitions, L.L.C.; Hudson Advisors, L.P., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Kaufmann Shih , Counsel, Nicholas John Caluda , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Lucas Bento , Peter Evan Calamari, Esq. , Colin Steele , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, L.L.P., New York, NY, Tracey Dawn Estes , Attorney, Estes Thorne & Carr, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Matthew Walter Moran, Esq. , Stefanie Jackson , Thomas S. Leatherbury, Esq. , Robert Ritchie , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Graves, Costa, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


A person may seek the assistance of a federal district court to obtain evidence for use in a foreign proceeding. 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Banca Pueyo and other parties invoked section 1782 to obtain discovery from three Texas-based entities for use in Portuguese proceedings. After the district court authorized the requested...

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