In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Issued to First National Bank of Maryland Dated November 4, 1976

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.

The First National Bank of Maryland (Bank) moves, pursuant to Rule 17(c), F.R. Crim.P., to quash or modify a grand jury subpoena duces tecum, 1 because the Bank’s compliance with the subpoena would allegedly place an unreasonable burden on the Bank absent reimbursement for its costs in retrieving and reproducing the subpoenaed records.

At issue is the question of whether the Bank or society at large must bear ultimate responsibility for the expense involved in retrieving and reproducing the financial records which The Bank Records and…