International Agricultural Corp. v. Pearce

Subpoenas duces tecum were served upon the appellant fertilizer companies commanding them to appear in the District Court and to produce a large mass of listed documents, books and papers which the attorneys of the United States intended to present to a grand jury summoned to inquire into complaints of alleged violations of the federal anti-trust laws by persons and corporations engaged in the fertilizer industry. The appellants moved the court to quash and vacate the subpoenas on the ground that they constituted an unlawful and unreasonable search and seizure in violation of the Fourth…