United States v. Nathan Gordon

Defendant is secretary-treasurer of Local 651 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. A special federal grand jury, duly impaneled in the Southern District of New York to investigate alleged racketeering in the garment and trucking industries, served defendant with two subpoenas: One was personal, the other was a subpoena duces tecum, calling for certain books and records of Local 651. When defendant appeared before the grand jury he did not produce the books and records. He answered all questions concerning them, testifying that he had never seen them and did not have them in his…