Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Cruz
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 12, 1983No. Civ. H 83-188. Misc. Civ. No. H-83-1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PETITIONER’S MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
CLARIE, Senior District Judge.
The petitioner, the State Commissioner of Revenue Services for Connecticut, has moved to quash a Federal Grand Jury subpoena duces tecum requesting certain Connecticut state tax records. The Commissioner resists the subpoena on the grounds that the tax records are confidential under state statutes and that these statutes create a privilege that should be recognized in federal court, pursuant to Rule 501, Federal Rules of Evidence. The Court finds that a qualified privilege for these records does exist…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc., Plaintiffs v. Cliff Finch, Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. KingDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- In Re L. Joyce HampersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- In Re Grand Jury Empanelled January 21, 1981District Court, D. New Jersey · 1982
3Cited by7 opinions
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- In Re Grand Jury SubpoenaDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- In re Grand Jury SubpoenaDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1987
- In re Grand Jury Subpoena Dated November 14, 1989District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- In Re Grand Jury SubpoenaDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 2001
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