Legal Opinion
United States v. Grand Jury Investigation
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1975No. Misc. 6211PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SNYDER, District Judge.
We are here concerned with problems arising out of a Government Motion to Compel Testimony from attorneys summoned to appear before a Federal Grand Jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The attorneys when questioned all invoked the attorney-client privilege at the direction of their clients.
BACKGROUND
A Special Grand Jury has been investigating George Edward Lee and others for possible violations of the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. The Grand Jury narrowed its inquiry to the accuracy of Lee’s tax returns for the years 1968 through…
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