Legal Opinion

In Re Grand Jury Subpoena

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 1, 2011No. 10-2048PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the district court’s refusal to quash a grand jury subpoena. It poses questions about the attorney-client and Fifth Amendment privileges. After careful consideration, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

We begin with a brief account of the relevant facts. To preserve the confidentiality of grand jury proceedings, see Fed. R.Crim.P. 6(e), we use pseudonyms in place of the real names of the protagonists.

On August 24, 2009, a federal grand jury in the District of Maine directed a subpoe na to the custodian of records at the Doe Law Office, commanding production of:

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. ZolinSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Couch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by40 opinions

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