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United Kingdom: Court of Appeal Decision with Regard to the Taking of Evidence in the United Kingdom for Use in Westinghouse Uranium Litigation in U.S. District Court*

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International Legal Materials , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , July 1977 , pp. 784 - 802
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1977

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[Reprinted from the text provided to International Legal Materials by the U.S. Department of Justice.

[This decision addresses the question of securing evidence for use by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a dispute between Westinghouse and various public utility companies concerning the supply of uranium. The question of the existence of a uranium cartel and its influence on the market is at issue.

[The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and Commercial Matters appears at 8 I.L.M. 37 (1969) and the U.S. Delegation Report on the Convention appears at 8 I.L.M. 804 (1969).

[On July 12, 1977, the U.S. Attorney General granted seven executives of Rio Tinto-Zinc immunity from prosecution in U.S. Courts, as they had previously declined to provide evidence by invoking the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. As of July 25, 1977, efforts were under way to appeal the Court of Appeal decision on the taking of evidence to the House of Lords, the highest court in the United Kingdom.

[The so-called uranium cartel's rules for orderly marketing of uranium appear at I.L.M. page 988. The memorandum and articles of association of the Uranium Institute, established in 1975, appear at I.L.M. page 1000.]

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* [Reprinted from the text provided to International Legal Materials by the U.S. Department of Justice.

[This decision addresses the question of securing evidence for use by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a dispute between Westinghouse and various public utility companies concerning the supply of uranium. The question of the existence of a uranium cartel and its influence on the market is at issue.

[The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and Commercial Matters appears at 8 I.L.M. 37 (1969) and the U.S. Delegation Report on the Convention appears at 8 I.L.M. 804 (1969).

[On July 12, 1977, the U.S. Attorney General granted seven executives of Rio Tinto-Zinc immunity from prosecution in U.S. Courts, as they had previously declined to provide evidence by invoking the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. As of July 25, 1977, efforts were under way to appeal the Court of Appeal decision on the taking of evidence to the House of Lords, the highest court in the United Kingdom.

[The so-called uranium cartel's rules for orderly marketing of uranium appear at I.L.M. page 988. The memorandum and articles of association of the Uranium Institute, established in 1975, appear at I.L.M. page 1000.]