Legal Opinion
Federal Maritime Commission v. Port of Seattle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1975No. 74-1393PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge:
This case presents a question we had thought settled by the Supreme Court thirty-five years ago, namely, whether a district court has jurisdiction to deny the enforcement of a subpoena issued by an administrative agency on the ground that the agency lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the inquiry. Since the Supreme Court has held that a district court’s function in enforcing an administrative subpoena extends no further than to ascertain whether the information sought is “not plainly incompetent or irrelevant to any lawful purpose” of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Endicott Johnson Corp. v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,017 Securities and Exchange Commission, and Cross-Appellant v. Brigadoon Scotch Distributing Co., and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by43 opinions
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