· 10/9/1987
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena. Appeal of United States of America
Citations
- 831 F.2d 225
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 13726
- 56 U.S.L.W. 2263
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that a district court faced with privilege objections should consider the material “on a document-by-document ba sis” to determine whether. each is privileged
- holding “an attorney seeking to quash a subpoena must assert the attorney-client privilege on a document-by-document basis” and reversing district court order quashing grand jury subpoena
- recognizing general requirement that subpoenaed taxpayer “must present himself with his records for questioning, and as to each question and each record elect to raise or not raise the defense [of self-incrimination]”
- holding so under circumstances similar to the present ones
- “[A]n attorney seeking to quash a subpoena must assert the attorney-client privilege on a document-by-document basis.”
- The lawyer “must present himself . . . for questioning, and as to each question . . . elect to raise or not to raise the defense.” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Johnson, Edmondson, Hoffman
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