United States v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that grand jury secrecy ensures that “persons who are accused but exonerated by the grand jury will not be held up to public ridicule” (quoting Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Nw., 441 U.S. 211, 219 (1979)
• making grand jury proceedings public could result in flight of those about to be indicted and expose the \accused but exonerated . . . to public ridicule\
• “ ‘The plain language of ... Rule [6(e)] shows that Congress intended for its confidentiality provisions to cover matters beyond those actually occurring before the grand jury.’ ”
• newspapers requested access to sealed materials in a criminal case regarding a state-lottery kickback scheme
• newspapers requested access to sealed materials in a criminal case regarding a state-lottery kickback scheme
• “Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e) is intended to preserve the tradition of grand jury secrecy, creating a general rule of confidentiality for all ‘matters occurring before the grand jury.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Motions of Dow Jones & Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-05-05· cited 106×
• United States v. Connolly
  First Circuit· 2003-02-26· cited 64×
• In Re Special Grand Jury 89-2
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-06-15· cited 63×
• United States v. Wecht
  Third Circuit· 2008-08-01· cited 42×
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena
  First Circuit· 2011-11-01· cited 40×
• In Re Special Proceedings
  First Circuit· 2004-06-21· cited 31×
• Douglas Smith v. United States District Court Officers
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-02-07· cited 30×
• United States v. Index Newspapers LLC
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-09-05· cited 23×
• Newark Morning Ledger Co., Publisher of the Star-Ledger
  Third Circuit· 2001-07-18· cited 18×
• Andrea Constand v. William Cosby, Jr.
  Third Circuit· 2016-08-15· cited 18×
• United States v. McDougal
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-03-20· cited 17×
• Alvarez v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-08-27· cited 10×
• In re Motions Seeking Access to 2019 Statements
  D. Delaware· 2018-03-27· cited 10×
• Public Interest Legal v. NC State Board of Elections
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-10· cited 9×
• United States v. Hsia
  District of Columbia· 2000-01-04· cited 8×
• Los Angeles Times v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-12-12· cited 7×
• Barber v. SHOP-RITE OF ENGLEWOOD & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2007-05-30· cited 7×
• Smith v. United States
  D. Delaware· 2000-03-31· cited 5×
• United States v. Town of Moreau, NY
  N.D. New York· 1997-09-25· cited 4×
• In Re Motion for Release of Court Records
  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court· 2007-12-11· cited 3×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-18· cited 4,546×
• Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-14· cited 2,854×
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1980-07-02· cited 1,951×
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 1,807×
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 1,758×
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,326×
• Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 982×
• United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-30· cited 517×
• Levine v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-05-23· cited 408×
• In Re Ford Motor Company
  Third Circuit· 1997-05-02· cited 283×
• Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court in & for Oklahoma County
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-07· cited 262×
• Leucadia, Inc. v. Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc., Richard I. Burstein, Proposed Intervenor
  Third Circuit· 1993-06-25· cited 246×
• United States v. Criden
  Third Circuit· 1981-04-20· cited 246×
• Littlejohn v. BIC Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1988-07-06· cited 200×
• United States v. Howard L. Criden, Harry P. Jannotti, Louis C. Johanson, George X. Schwartz. Appeal of Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1982-03-26· cited 155×
• United States v. Michael J. Corbitt, Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-06-19· cited 136×
• United States v. Antar
  Third Circuit· 1994-10-25· cited 115×
• In Re Capital Cities/abc, Inc.'s Application for Access to Sealed Transcripts. Appeal of Capital Cities/abc, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1990-08-23· cited 112×
• United States v. Charmer Industries, Inc., and Peerless Importers, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1983-06-28· cited 110×
• In Re Grand Jury Matter. Appeal of Nicholas Catania
  Third Circuit· 1982-06-02· cited 86×