Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Touhy v. Ragen
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1951No. 83PublishedCited by 499 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Reed
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This proceeding brings here the question of the right of a subordinate official of the Department of Justice of the United States to refuse to obey a subpoena duces tecum ordering production of papers of the Department in. his possession. The refusal was based upon a regulation 1 issued by the Attorney General under 5 U. S. C. § 22.2
Petitioner, Roger Touhy, an inmate of the Illinois State penitentiary, instituted a habeas corpus proceeding in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the warden, alleging…
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