Legal Opinion
United States v. Smyth
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 20, 1952No. 33092-33095PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Chief Judge of the District of Oregon, sitting by special assignment.
There have been presented to the court by defendants in these cases multitudinous questions regarding the law and practice relative to grand juries. The prevalent confusion 1 and doubt in the lay mind and even in the minds of lawyers impels the court, in disposing of these-motions, to write an authoritative exposition. Only thus can confidence in representative government be restored.
■ There has been biting criticism of our fundamental structures of freedom in the last three decades. Much of this has been…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by86 opinions
- Nixon v. SiricaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Thomas F. Johnson, J. Kenneth Edlin, and William L. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- In Re Application of the President's Commission on Organized Crime. Subpoena of Lorenzo ScadutoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- The PEOPLE v. SearsIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
- United States v. Hon. Judge Almeric L. ChristianCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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