Woodard v. General Motors Corp.

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• United States attorney who refused to prepare and sign indictment voted by grand jury held by district court in civil contempt; court of appeals reverses order of civil contempt
• “[C]ourts are not to interfere with the free exercise of the discretionary powers of the attorneys of the United States in their control over criminal proceedings.”
• “[As] an incident of the constitutional separation of powers, ... the courts are not free to interfere with the free exercise of the discretionary powers of the attorneys of the United States... ”

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