Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1940No. 8450, 8467PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
On April 4, 1939, a grand jury was impaneled in the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. The oath administered to the jurors contained the following obligation, “ * * * that the counsel of the United States, your own and your fellow jurors, shall be kept secret unless you are called upon in a Court of Justice to make disclosures. * * * ”
This oath conformed to that prescribed for grand jurors by the law of Ohio. Ohio Gen.Code, § 13436-3.
In addition to the oath of secrecy the court in its charge to the grand jury said: “Your oath also binds you…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- In the Matter of the April 1956 Term Grand Jury. Byron A. Cain and Sally Cain v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- United States v. Adrian J. Short, Jr. Earl L. RiedelCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Pennsylvania v. Local Union 542, International Union of Operating EngineersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- In Re Report & Recommendation of June 5, 1972 Grand Jury Concerning Transmission of Evidence to the House of RepresentativesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
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