Brummitt Scarborough’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
May 1989
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Rodriguez v. United States · Tierney Et Al. v. United States · Brown v. Braddick · In Re Grand Jury Investigation. United States of America v. Patricia McLean · United States v. Lemieux
Most-quoted passages
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“that a grand jury witness is adequately protected against the leak of his testimony by the district court's power to prevent such disclosure. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brummitt Scarborough
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