Legal Opinion
United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 27, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 1196-52PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTSHORNE, District Judge.
The issue here is whether the United States Government has a privilege as to its own documents, which will justify its refusal to produce such documents to the defendants,1 in order to prove a point made crucial for defendants as “the law of the case” by the decision of the United States Supreme Court herein, United States v. Procter & Gamble Co., 1957, 356 U.S. 677, 683, 78 S.Ct. 983, 2 L.Ed.2d 1077.
*488In its opinion our highest Court there said, alluding to defendants’ claim that the Government was using the criminal procedure of a Grand Jury for civil purposes only,
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. V. E. B. Carl Zeiss, JenaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1966
- Nixon v. SiricaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Fred B. Black, Jr. v. Sheraton Corporation of America Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Hamilton, Superintendent v. VerdowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. Veterans AdministrationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
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