Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued April 20, 2004
Decided June 21, 2004


Full case name:	Intel Corporation, Petitioner v. Advanced Micro Devices, Incorporated

Citations:	542 U.S. 241; 124 S. Ct. 2466; 159 L. Ed. 2d 355; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4570; 72 U.S.L.W. 4528; 71 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1001; 2004-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) P74,453; 64 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. (Callaghan) 742; 58 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 696; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 399

Prior history:	On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp., 292 F.3d 664, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 10759 (9th Cir. Cal., 2002)

Subsequent history:	Application denied by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21437 (N.D. Cal., Oct. 4, 2004)

Holding

The Court decided that Section 1782 "authorizes, but does not require, the District Court to provide discovery aid to AMD."

Court membership

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer

Case opinions

Majority by: Ginsburg
Joined by: Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas
Concurrence by: Scalia
Dissent by: Breyer
O'Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Laws applied

28 U.S.C. § 1782

Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241 (2004), is a court case involving 28 U.S.C. § 1782, which authorizes United States district courts to enforce discovery requests made in connection with litigation being conducted in foreign tribunals.

The case originated from Advanced Micro Devices's 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.

The Court decided that section 1782 only "authorizes, but does not require" U.S. district courts to provide discovery aid. Nearly three months after this ruling Intel declared the ruling unjust and is still disputing the charges and has filed for appeal.