How do these things work in the case of physical goods and documents?<p>For instance, suppose you and I are both US residents, residing in the US. You loan me some item. I fail to return it and you sue me. The court orders me to return the item to you.<p>If I had that item in a storage locker in Los Angeles, there is no question that the court would have the authority to order me to retrieve that item and turn it over to you or to the court.<p>Suppose, however, I have taken the item to Mexico and have it in a storage locker there? Can I now get away with telling the court that since the item is in Mexico, the court does not authority to order me to retrieve it (or to order me to instruct the storage facility to retrieve it and ship it to me)?<p>Similar question for physical documents. For instance, if GM set up a documents storage facility a few miles away from its headquarters, across the border in Canada, and kept all documents not actively in use at the Canadian facility, would they then be able to fend off document subpoenas from US safety investigators this way?