Legal Opinion
Maddox v. Williams
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 6, 1994No. Misc. 94-0171 (HHG)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
I
Factual Background
On May 17,1994, at the request of Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B & W), a major manufacturer of tobacco products, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued subpoenas for the testimony of and the production of documents by two Members of Congress—Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Ron Ry-den, a member of that subcommittee. 1 Similar subpoenas were served on various media companies and their reporters, including CBS, Inc. and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Merrell WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
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- Operation Rescue National v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
- Chang v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
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