Legal Opinion
In re Eastman Kodak Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 3, 1947PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
This is a motion made pursuant to Rule 17(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C.A. following section 687, to quash and vacate a subpoena duces tecum commanding the Eastman Kodak Company to appear before it to testify and produce documents therein demanded. The motion is made uptfn the ground that the subpoena is so broad, sweeping, vague and indefinite that compliance therewith would be unreasonable and oppressive and that it constitutes an abuse of the process of this' Court, an illegal search and seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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