In Re Grand Jury Investigation. United States of America v. John Doe

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals from two orders of the Northern District of New York (Mun-son, J.) directing it to allow two state agencies access to documents obtained from them by grand jury subpoenas. The court ordered the government to allow such access as would enable these agencies to comply with their own prior agreements with a private entity (“the Target Company”) 1 to disclose relevant portions of these documents to the Target Company. On appeal, the government argues that (1) the Target Company lacks standing to assert the agencies’ right of access to their own…