In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, (Billy J. Williams, Gj88-1) v. United States

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

The Government appeals the district court’s order quashing a grand jury subpoena seeking a court reporter’s notes of a deposition that the appellee gave as the plaintiff in an earlier civil suit. The district court had no valid reason for quashing the subpoena, and, accordingly, we reverse.

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Appellee Billy J. Williams brought a civil action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against his former employer, North American Life Assurance Company (North American), to recover commissions that were allegedly due on policies he had sold. North…