Legal Opinion
United States v. Procter & Gamble Company
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 8, 1960No. Civ. A. 1196-52PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTSHORNE, District Judge.
In seeking to implement the opinion of our highest Court in this very case, United States v. Procter & Gamble Co., 1957, 356 U.S. 677, 78 S.Ct. 983, 2 L.Ed.2d 1077, this Court held, in its opinion filed herein on June 9, 1959, 174 F.Supp. 233, 235 (D.C.N.J.):
“The critical question thus is, when this case first became only ‘a civil case.’ From that time on, our highest court has said that using the Grand Jury to elicit evidence in the case * * * would require that any advantage thus obtained improperly by the Government be wiped out, by giving the opposing party the…
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