Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Special April 1977 Grand Jury. Appeal of William J. Scott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1978No. 78-1834PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a denial without prejudice of petitioner-appellant Scott’s petition to have a grand jury proceeding terminated. We affirm the district court’s order.
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William J. Scott, the Attorney General of Illinois, is the subject of an ongoing investigation before the Special April 1977 Grand Jury. In May of 1978 Scott filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chief Judge Parsons presiding, seeking to terminate the grand jury proceedings because of alleged improprieties on the part of government personnel…
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