Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Investigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 24, 1976No. Misc. 76-26PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
This matter involves the nature and scope of the attorney work product doctrine as it applies to grand jury witnesses.
In connection with its investigation of certain bank loan transactions, the grand jury issued a subpoena duces tecum to the respondent, an attorney with a law firm which represents the bank. The bank, as client, waived the attorney-client privilege, but the witness asserted the work product doctrine in refusing to produce eight particular documents from his legal files or to answer related questions. The United…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation. Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Consolidation Coal Co. v. Bucyrus-Erie Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1982
- In the Matter of Carl Walsh, a Witness Before the Special September 1978 Grand Jury. Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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