Cobbledick v. United States

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Frankfurter,

announced by the Chief Justice.

The District Court for the Northern District of Cali-, fornia denied motions! to quash' subpoenas duces tecum addressed to the petitioners and directing them to appear and produce documents before a United States grand jury at the July, 1939, term of that court. From the denial of these motions petitioners sought review by way of appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 107 F. 2d 975. That court found itself to be without jurisdiction and dismissed the appeals. Wfe brought the cases here, 308 U.…