Footville Condensed Milk Co. v. Warner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Petition to review and revise an order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. In the matter of the bankruptcy proceedings of the Valecia Condensed Milk Company and of the Footville Condensed Milk Company. Petition by A. J. Myrland against Paul S. Warner, as trustee, and others, to review an order of the District Court committing petitioner for contempt for refusing to produce certain documents in response to a subpoena duces tecum.
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Petition to review and revise an order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. In the matter of the bankruptcy proceedings of the Valecia Condensed Milk Company and of the Footville Condensed Milk Company. Petition by A. J. Myrland against Paul S. Warner, as trustee, and others, to review an order of the District Court committing petitioner for contempt for refusing to produce certain documents in response to a subpoena duces tecum. In the bankruptcy proceedings of two bankrupt corporations, petitioner, the secretary of the Wisconsin tax commission,…
1Opinion of the CourtArschurer, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] 1. It will be well first to consider how such provisions against the production of papers have generally been considered by the courts*. We have been referred to no adjudication, and we find none wherein this statute, or any income tax statute, has been considered with reference to the question here involved. But decisions under federal revenue law, other than the income tax law, respecting the production of papers and the revealing of information received in the course of official duty by revenue officers, are closely analogous.
Section 3167, Rev. Stat.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boske v. ComingoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Stegall v. ThurmanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1910
- Meyer v. Home Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- In re HuttmanDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1895
- In re HirschU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1896
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Touhy v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- People v. ParhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Parsons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- United States v. KingDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- Featherstone v. NormanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
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