Legal Opinion
United States v. John Doe, Inc. I
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 21, 1987No. 85-1613PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
In United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc., 463 U. S. 418 (1983), we held that attorneys for the Civil Division of the Justice Department may not automatically obtain disclosure of grand jury materials for use in a civil suit, but must instead seek a court order of disclosure, available upon a showing of “particularized need.” We explicitly left open the “issue concerning continued use of grand jury materials, in the civil phase of a dispute, by an attorney who himself conducted the criminal prosecution.” Id., at 431, n. 16. Today, we decide that open question. In addition, for the first…
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