Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Council on Judicial Complaints
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 22, 1980No. COC-77-115PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice:
In this application for extraordinary relief we are asked to determine the validity of a subpoena duces tecum directed to bank officer [Bank] during the progress of an investigation by the Council on Judicial Complaints [Council]. More specifically, the issues raised are: [1] Does the subpoena power of the Council extend to a witness other than the judicial officer under investigation? [2] Is the Council impeded, in gaining access to bank records, by either the state or federal financial privacy acts? [3] Did the subpoena fail because it was overly broad in scope? [4] Was the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State of Oklahoma, Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. GasawaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Walters v. Oklahoma Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- In re Grand Jury Applications for Court-Ordered Subpoenas & Nondisclosure OrdersNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- In Re DuqueUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1994
- Austin v. Old National Bank in EvansvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
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