Legal Opinion
Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 2004No. 03-475PublishedCited by 1,338 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered discovery orders directing the Vice President and other senior officials in the Executive Branch to produce information about a task force established to give advice and make policy recommendations to the President. This case requires us to consider the circumstances under which a court of appeals may exercise its power to issue a writ of mandamus to modify or dissolve the orders when, by virtue of their overbreadth, enforcement might interfere with the *373officials in the discharge of their duties and impinge upon the…
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