McAlister v. Henkel

This case involves many of the questions already passed upon in the opinion in Hale v. Henkel, differing from that case, however, in two important particulars: First, in the fact that there was a complaint and charge made on behalf of the United States against the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company under the so-called Sherman Act, and, second, that the subpoena pointed out the particular writings sought for (three agreements), giving, in each case the date, the names of the parties, and, in one instance, a suggestion of the contents.

The witness McAlister, who was…