Detroit Subpoena To Bond Buyer

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

In re
CITY OF DETROIT,
MICHIGAN
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Chapter 9
Case No.: 13-53846
Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

NOTICE OF SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 45

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on the date hereof, the City of Detroit will
file and serve the attached subpoena pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
45, made applicable to this proceeding by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure
9016, on The Bond Buyer.

Dated: July 2, 2014

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett (CA 105430)
JONES DAY
555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: (213) 243-2382
Facsimile: (213) 243-2539
[email protected]
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David G. Heiman (OH 0038271)
Heather Lennox (OH 0059649)
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Telephone: (216) 586-3939
Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
[email protected]
[email protected]

Thomas F. Cullen, Jr. (DC 224733)
Gregory M. Shumaker (DC 416537)
Geoffrey S. Stewart (DC 287979)
JONES DAY
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: (202) 879-3939
Facsimile: (202) 626-1700
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT

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SCHEDULE A
DEFINITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

The following definitions and instructions shall apply to the requests for production:
1. The uniform definitions and instructions set forth in Local Civil Rules 26.2 and
26.3 of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York are
incorporated by reference.
2. COPs shall mean the Certificates of Participation (also known as Pension
Obligation Certificates) issued in connection with the COPs Transaction, or either of them.
3. COPs Transaction shall mean each and both of the issuance of COPs in 2005
and 2006 by the Detroit Retirement Systems Funding Trust 2005 and/or the Detroit Retirement
Systems Funding Trust 2006.
4. You and Your shall mean you, and your employees, agents, officers,
directors, representatives, attorneys, affiliates, associates, subsidiaries, successors or predecessor.
5. In producing documents pursuant to these requests, you are required to furnish all
documents in your possession, custody, or control, including without limitation documents
possessed by your agents, attorneys, investigators, representatives, financial advisors,
consultants, officers, directors, or employees.
6. The duty to produce documents shall not be limited or affected by the fact that the
same document is available through another source.
7. Documents are to be produced in a way that identifies the request or requests to
which each document applies, or as they are maintained in the usual course of business.
Documents to be produced shall be the original of all documents in the regular files as
maintained, together with any documents that were clipped or attached to them, and, in addition,
any originals or copies containing handwriting or other notations. A complete and legible copy
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may be produced in lieu of producing the document itself.
8. Notwithstanding a claim that a document contains privileged information or is
otherwise partially immune from discovery, any such document must be produced with the
portion claimed to be protected excised.
9. Should you obtain any other documents or information which would supplement
or modify the documents or information supplied by you in response to this request, you are
directed, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e), to give timely notice of such
documents and information and to furnish the additional documents or information without
delay.

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DOCUMENT REQUESTS

1. Documents concerning the COPs Transaction, including without limitation
(a) documents concerning the planning, conception, creation, consideration, implementation,
issuance, or formation of the COPs Transaction; (b) any and all legal issues concerning the COPs
or the COPs Transaction; (c) any and all opinions, legal or otherwise, with respect to the COPs
or COPs Transaction; or (d) any efforts to obtain approvals of the COPs Transaction.
2. Documents received from, or sent to, anyone with respect to the COPs
Transaction, including documents concerning the nomination of the COPs Transaction for
consideration as (a) the 2005 National Deal of the Year, or (b) the 2005 Midwest Regional Deal
of the Year.
3. Documents concerning the selection of the COPs Transaction as the 2005
Midwest Regional Deal of the Year and as a finalist for the 2005 National Deal of the Year.


CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Bruce Bennett, hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Subpoena
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, was filed and served via the Court's electronic case
filing and noticing system on this 2nd day of July, 2014.

/s/Bruce Bennett

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