Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Investigation No. 78-184. Sells, Inc., Peter A. Sells, Fred R. Witte v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1981No. 78-3709PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1186FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Peter A. Sells, Fred R. Witte, and Sells, Inc., appeal from the district court’s order under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) granting the Civil Division of the Department of Justice access to documents, exhibits, and testimony acquired by a federal grand jury. The United States urges us to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We uphold appellate jurisdiction and reverse.
In 1974, Special Agent Edwin Wordell of the Internal Revenue Service began a combined civil and criminal administrative investigation of Sells, Witte, and Sells, Inc. He issued…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Blair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. Maurice RoseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by54 opinions
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