Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241 (2004), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving, which authorizes United States district courts to enforce discovery requests made in connection with litigation being conducted in foreign tribunals. Prior to Intel, there had been substantial disagreement as to the availability of Section 1782 discovery.

The Intel case originated from Advanced Micro Devices' antitrust claims against Intel in Europe. AMD filed a complaint against Intel in the European Union's antitrust enforcement agency (the Directorate-General for Competition), and then filed a lawsuit in the U.S. for discovery of certain Intel documents in order to further their complaint.

PDFs

 * Intel's petition on the merits
 * AMD's Response brief on the merits
 * Intel's reply brief
 * The Solicitor General's Amicus brief
 * The oral arguments before the Supreme Court

Other links

 * Obtaining Evidence in the United States