Legal Opinion
Donald K. Stern v. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 22, 2000No. 99-1839PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal tests the limits of a federal district court’s authority to promulgate local rules. The court below upheld a rule constraining the issuance of subpoenas seeking client-related information from lawyers in criminal cases. Because we find that the rule falls outside the permissible scope of local rulemaking authority, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Before assaying a preliminary question of justiciability and addressing the controversy’s merits, we trace the origins of the challenged rule and chart the travel of the case.
A. The Evolution of Local Rule 3.8(f).
The 1980s…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Bowen v. Georgetown University HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Linda R. S. v. Richard D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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