High Court Declines To Stay Section 1782 Discovery Despite Pending Appeal

Mealey's (April 28, 2021, 1:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 27 declined to stay a district court’s order allowing an engine parts-maker to take discovery for use in an English arbitration as was ordered by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, despite the fact that the parts-maker’s appeal regarding whether such discovery can be ordered for private commercial tribunals is pending before the high court....