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· 1/2/1941

Hunt v. Shell Oil Co.

Citations

  • 116 F.2d 598
  • 1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 4731

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding' act-of-production privilege available to former corporate officers where production would amount to compulsory, testimonial self-incrimination
  • “[I]t is now settled that an individual may claim an act of production privilege to decline to produce documents, the contents of which are not privileged, where the act of production is, itself, (1) compelled, (2) testimonial, and (3) incriminating”
  • “[I]t is now settled that an individual may claim an act of production privilege to decline to produce documents, the contents of which are not privileged, where the act of production is, itself, (1) compelled, (2) testimonial, and (3) incriminating.”
  • “[I]t is now settled that an individual may claim an act of production privilege to decline to produce documents, the contents of which are not privileged, where the act of production is, itself, (1) compelled, (2) testimonial, and (3) incriminating.”

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Judges: Bratton, Huxman, Phillips

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