Legal Opinion
Stuart McKeever v. William Barr
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 5, 2019No. 17-5149PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Srinivasan.
Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge:
Historian Stuart A. McKeever appeals an order of the district court denying his petition to release grand jury records from the 1957 indictment of a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which McKeever sought in the course of his research for a book he is writing. The district court, lacking positive authority, asserted it has inherent authority to disclose historically significant grand jury matters but denied McKeever's request as overbroad. On appeal, the Government argues the district court…
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