Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 31, 1986No. Misc. 86-027PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAMBO, District Judge.
This case presents what is apparently a question of first impression regarding the power of a federal grand jury to subpoena information from a duly constituted select committee of the state legislature. We are here called upon to decide whether members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who are not themselves the target of a federal criminal investigation may assert a privilege of non-disclosure, based on constitutional Speech or Debate considerations, against a federal grand jury subpoena.
The following facts are undisputed. 1 The House of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Eastland v. United States Servicemen's FundSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- O'HARA v. KovensCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- In re Grand Jury Subpoena Dated November 14, 1989District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- United States v. Gonzalez De ModestiDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2001