Legal Opinion
Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 27, 1975No. 73-1923PublishedCited by 563 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether a federal court may enjoin the issuance by Congress of a subpoena duces tecum that directs a bank to produce the bank records of an organization which claims a First Amend*493ment privilege status for those records on the ground that they are the equivalent of confidential membership lists. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that compliance with the subpoena “would invade the constitutional rights” of the organization, and that judicial relief is available to prevent implementation of the subpoena.
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In early 1970 the Senate…
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