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United States v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1968
45 F.R.D. 477 (W.D. Pa. 1968)

Opinion

         Defendants moved to enjoin attorneys for United States from disclosing grand jury material. The District Court, Rosenberg, J., held that allowing a prospective government witness to review his own testimony before grand jury did not endanger grand jury secrecy and thus was not an improper ‘ disclosure’ within rule relating to secrecy of grand jury proceedings and disclosure.

         Denied.

         See also D.C., 288 F.Supp. 701.

          John C. Fricano, Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., Washington, D. C., Gustave Diamond, U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for United States.

          Hubert I. Teitlebaum, Malcolm Anderson, Frank L. Seamans, Gilbert Helwig, J. T. Fort, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


         MEMORANDUM ORDER

         ROSENBERG, District Judge.

         The defendants' motion to enjoin the attorneys for the United States from disclosing grand jury material, filed November 5, 1968, is hereby denied, since:

         (1) Rule 6(e) expressly provides that attorneys for the United States may use grand jury material in the performance of their duties.

          (2) Interviewing prospective Government witnesses and reviewing their testimony with them is an appropriate part of the duties of an attorney for the United States.

          (3) Allowing a prospective Government witness to review his own testimony before the grand jury does not endanger grand jury secrecy and thus is not an improper ‘ disclosure’ within the meaning of Rule 6(e).

          (4) The facts alleged do not indicate that any Government attorney has behaved improperly or breached grand jury secrecy.

         For all the above reasons the motion is deficient as a matter of fact and law and must be denied.


Summaries of

United States v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1968
45 F.R.D. 477 (W.D. Pa. 1968)
Case details for

United States v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America v. AMERICAN RADIATOR AND STANDARD SANITARY…

Court:United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 8, 1968

Citations

45 F.R.D. 477 (W.D. Pa. 1968)

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