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Supreme Court· 6/2/1958

United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.

Citations

  • 356 U.S. 677
  • 78 S. Ct. 983
  • 2 L. Ed. 2d 1077
  • 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1873
  • 1958 Trade Cas. (CCH) 69,046

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United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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  • holding that the movant must show a “particularized, . . . discrete showing of need” for such discovery
  • recognizing that discovery “make[s] a trial less a game of blind man’s bluff and more a fair contest with the basic issues and facts disclosed to the fullest practicable extent”
  • holding that, although Government suggested dismissal as a sanction for its refusal to comply with a challenged court order, Government could challenge that underlying order in ensuing appeal of dismissal
  • holding that “relevance or possible relevance” of material insufficient to show particularized need
  • holding that avoidance of “delay and substantial costs . . . fall[s] short of proof that without [disclosure] a defense would be greatly prejudiced or that without reference to it an injustice would be done”
  • finding that “disclosure of 20 business records independently generated and sought for legitimate purposes, would not seriously compromise the secrecy of the grand jury’s deliberations”

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Judges: Douglas, Whittaker, Hablan, Frankfurter, Burton

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