Intel Corporation v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (542 U.S. 241)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 2004 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 542 U.S. 241 · 124 S. Ct. 2466
- Decided
- June 21, 2004
- Term
- October Term 2003
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Ginsburg
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the authority of federal district courts to assist in the production of evidence for use in a foreign or international tribunal. In the matter before us, respondent Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), filed an antitrust complaint against petitioner Intel Corporation (Intel) with the Directorate-General for Competition (DG-Competition) of the Commission of the European Communities (European Commission or Commission). In pursuit of that complaint, AMD applied to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, invoking 28 U. S. C. § 1782(a), for an order requiring Intel to produce potentially relevant documents. Section 1782(a) provides that a federal district court “may order” a person “residing]” or “found” in the district to give testimony or produce documents “for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal... upon the application of any interested person.” Concluding that § 1782(a) did not authorize the requested discovery, the District Court denied AMD’s application.. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed that determination and remanded the case, instructing the District Court to rule on the merits of AMD’s application. In accord with the Court of Appeals, we hold that the District Court had authority finder § 1782(a) to entertain AMD’s discovery…
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