ZF Automotive U. S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.
2022 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ZF Automotive U. S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., 596 U.S. ___ (2022), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court on the scope of §1782 of Title 28 of the United States Code. The issue of statutory interpretation for the Court was whether a private commercial arbitral tribunal constitutes a "foreign or international tribunal" under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) and therefore empowers federal districts courts to compel the production by persons subject to their jurisdiction of documents and testimony for such tribunals.
ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. AlixPartners, LLP, et al. v. The Fund for Protection of Investors' Rights in Foreign States | |
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Argued March 23, 2022 Decided June 13, 2022 | |
Full case name | ZF Automotive US, Inc., et al. v. Luxshare, Ltd. AlixPartners, LLP, et al. v. The Fund for Protection of Investors' Rights in Foreign States |
Docket nos. | 21-401 21-518 |
Citations | 596 U.S. ___ (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Holding | |
Only a governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative body constitutes a “foreign or international tribunal” under 28 U. S. C. §1782, and the bodies at issue in these cases do not qualify as such tribunals. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Barrett, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
28 U.S.C. § 1782 |
The case was decided together with AlixPartners LLP v The Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States which concerned an investor-state arbitration.
In a unanimous decision, the Court ruled that a private arbitral tribunal overseas is not a "foreign or international tribunal" under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a).[1] The Court also decided that the investor-state arbitral tribunal in the AlixPartners case was not a foreign or international tribunal for the purposes of §1782.