Legal Opinion
In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Duces Tecum Special Grand Jury, September, 1986 Term.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 21, 1987No. Civ. A. Nos. HAR 87-99, HAR 87-100 and HAR 87-410PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*629MEMORANDUM OPINION
HARGROVE, District Judge:
These cases raise a somewhat novel issue in this Circuit: whether the Court can quash the grand jury’s subpoena duces tecum when the information sought is subject to a protective order in a civil case. The parties have submitted memoranda on the issues, and an oral argument was conducted on March 20, 1987.
BACKGROUND
The motions seek to quash several subpoenas duces tecum that were issued by a special grand jury1 sitting in this district. Fed.R.Crim.P. 17(c). These subpoenas command a lawyer to appear before the grand jury and bring with him the…
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