In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In Re Jacqueline Schofield, Witness

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1973-09-11

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SEITZ, Chief Judge (concurring). I agree with the opinion of the court that in order to invoke the district court’s powers to enforce obedience to a grand jury subpoena, the government must initially make by affidavit or otherwise some minimal sworn showing of a proper purpose. Indeed, in both Mara and Dionisio, the government did in fact make…

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