Subpoena (Rule 21)

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1. What distinguishes a subpoena duces tecum from a subpoena requiring testimony alone?
2. Under Rule21 §3, how must documents demanded by subpoena duces tecum be identified?
3. Under current Rule21 §6, how must a subpoena be served?
4. A document subpoena demands an oppressive volume of material without apparent relevance. The recipient promptly moves t…
5. A subpoena is delivered shortly before the required appearance, leaving no reasonable time for necessary preparation an…
6. A witness resides 150 kilometers from the place of testimony by the ordinary course of travel. Counsel invokes Rule21 §…
7. A detained witness is subpoenaed, but permission from the court where the prisoner's case is pending was not obtained. …
8. Distinguish a testimonial subpoena from subpoena duces tecum and identify the safeguards for the latter's document dema…
9. Explain the current subpoena-service rule and why timely preparation and travel remain important even if a copy reaches…
10. State the precise scope of the Rule21 §10 exceptions and distinguish the distance exception from rules governing the us…
11. Can a person already present in court be required to testify under Rule21 Section7 without a separately served subpoena?
12. For a deposition document subpoena, does Rule21 Section5 require a court order beyond the clerk’s ordinary issuance aut…