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143434P.pdf   03/31/2016  Andover Healthcare, Inc.  v.  3M Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3434
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] Colloton, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil Procedure. The district court did not abuse its 
   discretion by denying petitioner's petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1782 for 
   discovery to be used in a patent-infringement suit in Germany; the court 
   took into account the factors identified by the Supreme Court and did not 
   err in finding that three considerations - the ability of the German 
   tribunal to order discovery, the highly sensitive nature of the requested 
   discovery and petitioner's apparent attempt to avoid or preempt an 
   unfavorable discovery decision by the German court - weighted against an 
   order of production.