Dreier v. United States
Citations
- 221 U.S. 394
- 31 S. Ct. 550
- 55 L. Ed. 784
- 1911 U.S. LEXIS 1741
Syllabus
<p>Wilson v. United States, ante, p. 361, followed to effect that an officer of a corporation cannot refuse to produce books and papers, of the corporation in response to a subpoena duces tecum on the ground that the contents thereof would tend to incriminate him personally.'</p> <p>Quaere whether if a privilege to refuse to produce documents of a corporation in response to a subpoena duces tecum does exist the person entitled to claim it may not waive it by his conduct.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding corporate officer subpoenaed to produce records of a corporation could not assert his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination with respect to the corporate records
- same for subpoena issued to officer of corporation demanding production of corporate records in his custody
- officer of corporation could not claim privilege against self-incrimina tion where subpoena seeking corporate books and records was directed to the individual corporate officer
- custodian may have \voluntarily assumed a duty which overrides his claim of privilege\
- custodian may have “voluntarily assumed a duty which overrides his claim of privilege”
- subpoena requiring production of corporate books was directed to individual corporate officer
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Judges: Hughes, McKenna
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