Securities Exch. Com'n v. Dresser Indus
628 F.2d 1368 (D.C. Cir. 1980) Cited 621 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding Rule 6(e) inapplicable to documents that "were created [by a Corporation] for [an] independent corporate purpose" even though government agency subpoenaed the documents while grand jury investigation was being conducted
Trustees of Plumbers Pen. v. Transworld
886 F. Supp. 1134 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) Cited 256 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding in May of 1995 that "the Criminal Case should be completed by the end of this year, which would not unreasonably prolong this case"
Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Sec. of Global Indus., Ltd.
No. 11 Civ. 6500 (RA) (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2012) Cited 10 timesNo. 11 Civ. 6500 (RA) 11-09-2012 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. ONE OR MORE UNKNOWN PURCHASERS OF SECURITIES OF GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., Defendants. Ronnie Abrams OPINION AND ORDER RONNIE ABRAMS, United States District Judge: The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York ("U.S. Attorney") moves to intervene in this civil action ("Civil Case") and to stay discovery pending completion of an ongoing criminal investigation ("Criminal Case"). Defendant Ergoport Experts
Securities Exchange Commission v. Boock
09 Civ. 8261 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 15, 2010) Cited 10 timesApplying national contacts test
Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. McGinnis
161 F. Supp. 3d 318 (D. Vt. 2016) Cited 4 timesNoting that "a stay of a civil case to permit conclusion of a related criminal prosecution has been characterized as an extraordinary remedy" and should reflect "the district court's studied judgment as to whether the civil action should be stayed based on the particular facts before it and the extent to which such a stay would work a hardship, inequity, or injustice to a party, the public or the court"
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 157,506 times 196 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 95,908 times 660 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 34 - Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 Cited 13,233 times 149 Legal AnalysesFinding that the rules related to electronic discovery were "not meant to create a routine right of direct access to a party's electronic information system, although such access may be justified in some circumstances."
Rule 33 - Interrogatories to Parties
Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 Cited 10,968 times 22 Legal AnalysesAdopting Rule 30(b)
Section Amendment V - Rights of Persons
U.S. Const. amend. V Cited 19,400 times 5 Legal AnalysesRequiring that crimes be prosecuted on a presentment or indictment
Section 16 - Discovery and Inspection
Fed. R. Crim. P. 16 Cited 4,220 times 2 Legal AnalysesGranting defendant right to inspect all documents, data in government's possession that are "material to preparing the defense"
Section 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations
15 U.S.C. § 17 Cited 783 times 2 Legal AnalysesThe labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be