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The Supreme Court, Service of Process, and Legal History: Part 3 of a Letters Blogatory Polemic
This is the third and final post in my series on service of process and legal history. I encourage you to read the first and second posts! Why am I writing about ancient methods of service of process, and Supreme Court references to them? Here is my basic idea.
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Case of the Day: Phoenix Process Equipment Co. v. Capital Equipment & Trading
The case of the day is Phoenix Process Equipment Co. v. Capital Equipment & Trading Corp. (W.D. Ky. 2017). The decision was on a motion to reconsider the ruling we covered back in February. Here was my statement of the facts:
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Case of the Day: Kelly v. Vesnaver
The case of the day is Kelly v. Vesnaver (E.D.N.Y. 2017). The case involved a dispute about alleged conversion and breach of fiduciary duty relating to the plaintiff’s Chinese bonds. The plaintiff served process by delivering the documents to a PO box at a UPS Store in Florida. Several of the defendants were residents of……
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Case to Watch: Mohamad v. Rajoub
I’m keeping my eyes on an interesting new case filed in New York: Mohamad v. Rajoub. It raises lots of key Letters Blogatory issues. Here is the case according to the allegations of the complaint: Asid Mohamad is the representative of the estate of Azzam Rahim. Rahim was a US citizen of Palestinian descent. He……
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Case of the Day: Atlantic Specialty v. M2 Motor Yachts
The case of the day is Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. v. M2 Motor Yachts (S.D. Fla. 2017). The action was an admiralty case arising out of a fire aboard a yacht, allegedly caused by a defective switch manufactured by one of the several Valeo companies. Two of the defendants were Valeo SA, a French company,……