Legal Opinion
United States v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 14, 1986No. 85-3456. Misc. 11710PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Under a 1982 statute, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (Inspector General) is charged with combating fraud, waste, and abuse. To discharge that duty, Congress gave the Inspector General broad subpoena power. This appeal, presenting an issue of first impression in the appellate courts, requires us to consider the contours of that power.
At the request of a separate auditing agency within the Department of Defense, the Inspector General issued a subpoena for internal audit reports of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse).…
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