Legal Opinion
In Re Beef Industry Antitrust Litigation. Neal Smith v. The National Provisioner, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1979No. 78-3344PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The chairmen of two subcommittees of the House of Representatives and the Clerk of the House 1 seek to intervene in an antitrust suit pending in district court among private litigants in order to gain access to documents subpoenaed by the subcommittees from a party to the litigation. The documents were obtained by the subpoenaed party through discovery. Because the district court refused to modify its standing protective order or to allow the representatives of the party under subpoena to comply, the chairmen have appealed to this court. On a motion to dismiss,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Eastland v. United States Servicemen's FundSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Yellin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Nancy Anne Spangler, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. Pasadena City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Christoffel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- A. N. Overby, Acting Secretary of the Treasury v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company and the First National Bank of AuburnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Public Citizen v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Mildred Lee Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Incorporated, Howard L. Moon v. Roadway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. National Children's Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
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