Odfjell Asa v. Celanese Ag, 04 Civ. 1758(JSR).
| Decision Date | 05 August 2004 |
| Docket Number | No. 04 Civ. 1758(JSR).,04 Civ. 1758(JSR). |
| Citation | 328 F.Supp.2d 505 |
| Parties | ODFJELL ASA, Odfjell USA, Inc., Odfjell Seachem as, Jo Tankers as, Jo Tankers Bv, and Jo Tankers, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CELANESE AG, Celanese, LTD., and Millennium Petrochemicals, Inc., Defendants. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York |
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CELANESE AG, Celanese, LTD., and Millennium Petrochemicals, Inc., Defendants.
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Paul Adam Engelmayer, Esq., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Richard Leaster Jarashow, McGuireWoods LLP, New York City, Steven F. Cherry, Esq., Joseph J. Samarias, Esq., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, McLean, VA, Richard J. Rappaport, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.
Daniel J. Fetterman, Esq., Harold G. Levison, Esq., Hector Torres, Esq., Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Defendants.
RAKOFF, District Judge.
By Order dated May 28, 2004, the Court denied a motion of the defendants for an order compelling non-party Hendrikus van Westenbrugge to comply with two subpoenae issued by the chief arbitrator presiding over a related arbitration currently pending between, inter alia, the plaintiffs and defendants in this case. This Memorandum elaborates the reasons for the May 28, 2004 Order.
By way of brief background: the plaintiffs, on March 3, 2004, filed the instant lawsuit seeking to stay the related arbitration and, shortly thereafter, also made a formal motion seeking a stay of that arbitration. The Court, by telephonic order on May 5, 2004 and subsequent written order dated July 12, 2004, denied plaintiffs' motion for a stay and likewise dismissed the Complaint. See Memorandum Order dated July 12, 2004.
In the interim, on April 21, 2004, the chief arbitrator of the related arbitration, John J. Gibbons, Esq., issued, at the defendants' request, a subpoena for deposition ad testificandum and a subpoena duces tecum directing non-party Hendrikus van Westenbrugge, who was then incarcerated at the federal correctional institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to appear for a pre-hearing deposition at Fort Dix on May 20, 2004 and to produce at that time various materials requested by the defendants. See Declaration of Hector Torres dated May 20, 2004, Ex. 1 (Subpoena for Deposition Ad Testificandum and Subpoena Duces Tecum). After Mr. van Westenbrugge failed to comply with the terms of the subpoenae, the defendants brought the instant motion for an order compelling Mr. van Westenbrugge to comply.
As a preliminary matter, the Court holds that it has jurisdiction to consider the instant motion. Section 7 of the Federal...
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