Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Daniel Klubock
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 30, 1987No. 86-1413PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED PANEL OPINION
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a question of first impression which directly implicates the rule-making powers of the district courts, and indirectly, rights guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution.1 The precise point before us is whether a district court can adopt a local rule which requires prosecutors to seek prior judicial approval before serving a grand jury subpoena upon an attorney, for the purpose of obtaining evidence about the attorney’s clients.
Background
In early 1986 the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC), at the…
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