Legal Opinion
In Re EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Petitioner
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1983No. 83-2284PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
This Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subpoena enforcement action comes to us on a petition for a writ of mandamus. The district court ordered the Commission to submit to extensive discovery and Commissioner Rodriguez to give an oral deposition as conditions precedent to the enforcement of the subpoena. We grant the writ because we find that, under the circumstances of this case, the district court’s orders exceeded its authority.
We have already recounted the facts of this case in an earlier opinion. EEOC v. Neches Butane Products Co., 704 F.2d 144 (5th…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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