Legal Opinion
In Re L. Joyce Hampers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 20, 1981No. 81-1159PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
A federal Special Grand Jury, investigating an arson-insurance fraud scheme, and deeming the burning of one restaurant and lounge suspicious, desired to probe the motives of the owner. An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigation had assertedly revealed that the restaurant and lounge at the time of the fire owed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a substantial amount of meals and beverage taxes which it was unable to pay. 1 Accordingly, the grand jury issued a subpoena duces tecum to appellant, the Commissioner of Revenue for Massachusetts, ordering her to appear and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. GillockSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc., Plaintiffs v. Cliff Finch, Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. KingDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
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3Cited by52 opinions
- In re the Reorganization of Electric Mutual Liability InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Sabree v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local No. 33District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
- In re: George Lombardi v.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Green v. FultonDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1994
- N.O., M.T., J.O., E.I., D.V., J.D., E.H. v. CallahanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1986
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