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· 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

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

  • 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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