Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 16, 1998No. 97-2335PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to develop a mechanism for modulating the tension that can develop between a protective order in a civil case, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c), and a grand jury subpoena seeking evidence that falls within the protective order’s compass. The question arises here on appeal from the district court’s refusal to quash a grand jury’s subpoena duces tecum that demands the production of materials covered, at least in part, by a previously issued civil protective order. The question presented is new to us, and the decisions elsewhere divide over the correct…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Nixon v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. PierroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Societe Des Produits Nestle, S.A. v. Casa Helvetia, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- In Re Grand Jury Matters, Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
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