In Re Grand Jury. In the Matter of Granite Purchases for State Capital-Grand Jury Subpoena Number 86-1. Appeal of United States of America

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• noting that, in the context of responding to a subpoena, \possession\ means \legal control\
• applying the deliberative process privilege to state legislators instead of the legislative privilege
• whether privilege is sustained “depend[s] on a balancing of the legitimate interests on both sides”
• “The speech or debate privilege is at its core a ‘use privilege’ not a privilege of non-disclosure.”
• “A party’s lack of possession or legal control over documents requested by a subpoena is normally a valid defense to a subpoena and justification for a motion to quash.”
• \A party's lack of possession or legal control over documents requested by a subpoena is normally a valid defense to a subpoena.\

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