United States v. Kiamie

THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.

These are cross motions calling for resolution of the recurring problem of the construction of Rules 16 and 17(c) of the F.R.C.P., 18 U.S.C.A. Defendant Fareed N. Kiamie moves for discovery and inspection of his own question and answer statement taken by the Internal Revenue Bureau and those of four of his employees all taken stenographically but not signed some five years ago. In aid of this motion defendant served a subpoena under Rule 17 (c) for the same papers and the government moves to quash.

The issues involved have been litigated many times in the past…