In Re Petition to Inspect and Copy Grand Jury Materials. Appeal of Honorable Alcee L. Hastings

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• holding that a judicial council disciplinary proceeding is closely analogous to a “judicial proceeding” within the meaning of Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e)(3)(C)(i)
• concluding that “a petition by a judicial investigating committee presents one of the occasions when a district court may act outside the strict boundaries of Rule 6(e)”
• holding that a judicial council disciplinary proceeding is closely analogous to a “judicial proceeding” within the meaning of Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)(3)(C)(i)
• explaining that Rule 6(e)’s history “indicated] that the exceptions permitting disclosure were not intended to ossify the law, but rather are subject to development by the courts in conformance with the rule’s general rule of secrecy”
• permitting disclosure when the material would be seen only by a limited number of judges and under restricted conditions
• finding a judicial committee’s investigation into judicial misconduct a judge indicted-for, but, acquitted of, of accepting bribes to constitute such an “exceptional situation”

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