A Chinese manufacturer should not be allowed to use the U.S. legal system to compel production of evidence in a private arbitration taking place overseas, the Supreme Court heard March 23 in a case fast-tracked from a federal appeals court. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case may help to determine the reach of the complex civil discovery process available in U.S. courts. The case, ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd., court file 21-401, was heard together with a similar case, AlixPartners v. Fund for Protection of Investor’s Rights, court file 21-518. Livonia, Michigan-based ZF Automotive manufactures automotive parts and industrial technology. Luxshare, a Hong Kong limited liability company, manufactures consumer electronics, communications, and automotive products. Luxshare is sometimes called “little Foxconn,” after Taiwan-based Foxconn, a contract manufacturer of electronics in the Apple supply chain that has a large number of Chinese supplier locations. Luxshare is disputing the value …