Legal Opinion
Dellwood Farms, Inc. v. Cargill, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1997No. 97-2494PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal by the United States from an order by the district judge to turn over to private civil plaintiffs materials that the Department of Justice is holding for use in criminal investigations presents important questions concerning what is known as the “law enforcement investigatory privilege,” a' judge-fashioned evidentiary privilege. In 1992 the FBI began investigating charges that Archer Daniels Midland had conspired with other agricultural producers to fix the prices of feed and food additives, including lysine, citric acid,' and high-fructose corn syrup, in…
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