Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Grand Jury Empanelled March 19, 1980 United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 10, 1982No. 81-1782PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a district court order quashing, subject to a limited exception, a number of grand jury subpoenas duces tecum. The wide-sweeping subpoenas, if enforced, would require a sole proprietor, who is a target of the grand jury’s investigation, to produce a host of records allegedly pertaining to his business and in his possession and control. Aside from those records required to be kept by law, the district judge, citing the protection against self-incrimination afforded by the fifth amendment, declined to direct that the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by50 opinions
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